Asaita weather in August

In August, Asaita sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 62 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Asaita's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Asaita's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
5th warmest
Overnight low
27°
8th coldest
Rainfall
62 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:07 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
37%
10th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.3
out of 10

Asaita is human settlement.

Density
785/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month.

A typical August day in Asaita reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Asaita

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
29 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Asaita weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 20°4111.45.3
Feb33° / 21°40.911.64.2
Mar36° / 23°182.911.92.7
Apr37° / 25°254.312.21.7
May39° / 27°213.412.50.6
Jun41° / 29°30.812.70.0
Jul39° / 28°296.112.60.6
Aug37° / 27°6212.112.41.3
Sep38° / 28°27612.11.3
Oct36° / 24°122.511.72.5
Nov34° / 21°50.911.54.1
Dec32° / 20°40.711.35.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Asaita gets around 62 mm of rain over 12.1 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1220273714
2219273814
3218273914
4217264015
5216264015
6215264116
7115274116
8114274117
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:056:36
212.56:056:35
312.56:056:35
412.56:056:35
512.56:066:35
612.56:066:34
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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46.0Bright
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96.1Intense
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126.1Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
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166.2Intense
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186.3Intense
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246.3Intense
256.3Intense
266.3Intense
276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Asaita

In seasonPeak

In August, Asaita sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Asaita sees seasonal dust haze (June–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Asaita?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Asaita.

What to pack for Asaita in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Asaita sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Asaita in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Asaita peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 22UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Asaita in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Asaita is worst in July — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 2037 µg/m³Nov 2318 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun34Moderate
Jul37Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep32Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Asaita?

Asaita sits at 11.6°N, 41.4°E, 371 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Dubti, 43 km away.

DikhilAli SabihArtaSifra

Topography around Asaita

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Asaita.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Asaita has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 358 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 517 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,303 m.

The land around Asaita is covered by wetland (45%) and bare terrain (36%) within 3 km, wetland (36%) and bare terrain (32%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
517 m
80 km
1,303 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Dubti 43 km · Logīya 53 km · Samara 53 km · Mīlē 75 km · Dikhil 114 km · Ali Sabih 146 km · Arta 154 km · Sifra 155 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$933
2025
Happiness
4.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
14%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
8.5
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
28.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 499
Religion
Ethiopian Orthodox 44%Muslim 31%Protestant 23%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Asaita (11.5684°, 41.4387°, elevation 371 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).