Dubti weather in August

In August, Dubti sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 35 mm of rain across 7.1 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 38°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Dubti's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dubti's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
5th warmest
Overnight low
27°
8th coldest
Rainfall
35 mm
7.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:08 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
38%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Dubti is Ethiopian town in the Afar region.

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 38°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dubti reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Dubti

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
31 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.

Dubti 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°41.111.45.2
Feb34° / 21°51.211.64.0
Mar36° / 23°213.611.92.6
Apr37° / 25°264.712.31.6
May39° / 27°132.312.50.5
Jun41° / 29°10.112.70.0
Jul40° / 28°143.112.60.3
Aug38° / 27°357.112.40.9
Sep38° / 28°14312.11.0
Oct36° / 25°81.911.72.3
Nov34° / 21°4111.53.9
Dec32° / 20°40.711.35.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. 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

Dubti gets around 35 mm of rain over 7.1 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 23% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 30% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
173231237
263231248
363131248
453131248
553032249
653032249
743032259
843033259
942933259
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Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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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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 6:06 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:066:37
212.56:066:37
312.56:066:37
412.56:076:36
512.56:076:36
612.56:076:36
712.56:076:35
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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 6.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.88 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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276.3Intense
286.3Intense
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316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dubti

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Dubti?

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

0.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dubti.

What to pack for Dubti in August

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

In August, Dubti sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dubti 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 Dubti peaks around March 20 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 20UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Dubti 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 Dubti is worst in August — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 18 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateAug 1036 µg/m³Nov 2318 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun32Moderate
Jul35Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep29Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dubti?

Dubti sits at 11.7°N, 41.1°E, 381 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Samara, 11 km away.

SifraBatīMersaDikhil

Topography around Dubti

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dubti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 379 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 355 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,428 m.

The land around Dubti is covered by cropland (30%), bare terrain (27%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (64%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
355 m
80 km
1,428 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Samara 11 km · Logīya 11 km · Asaita 43 km · Mīlē 49 km · Sifra 117 km · Batī 131 km · Mersa 156 km · Dikhil 157 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 Dubti (11.7329°, 41.082°, elevation 381 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).