Saḩāb weather in August

In August, Saḩāb sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Saḩāb's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saḩāb's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:05 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Saḩāb is city.

Founded
1894

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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Saḩāb reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Saḩāb

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 26 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
26
heat index over the day's high
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.

Saḩāb weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 436.90.610.24.0
Feb14° / 376.90.510.84.7
Mar18° / 265.10.111.86.8
Apr23° / 12°82.1012.88.6
May27° / 16°30.9013.68.3
Jun31° / 19°00.10146.7
Jul32° / 21°00013.95.6
Aug32° / 21°00013.25.5
Sep30° / 19°10.3012.26.7
Oct27° / 16°51.4011.28.5
Nov20° / 10°153.6010.47.7
Dec15° / 264.90.1105.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 0% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Saḩāb gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12449261
22349261
32249271
42250281
52150281
62051281
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282254231
292354221
302453221
312553211

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:55 AM to 5:15 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.64:556:29
213.64:556:29
313.54:566:28
413.54:576:27
513.54:576:26
613.54:586:25
713.44:596:24
813.44:596:23
913.45:006:22
1013.35:016:21
1113.35:016:21
1213.35:026:20
1313.35:036:19
1413.25:036:17
1513.25:046:16
1613.25:056:15
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1813.15:066:13
1913.15:076:12
2013.15:076:11
2113.05:086:10
2213.05:096:09
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2712.85:126:03
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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 7.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.11 kWh/m² to a high of 8.24 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Saḩāb?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
8.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Saḩāb for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Saḩāb in August

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

In August, Saḩāb sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Saḩāb 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 Saḩāb peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 19UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Saḩāb 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 Saḩāb is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorApr 1238 µg/m³Jul 1824 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb37Poor
Mar37Poor
Apr39Poor
May35Poor
Jun27Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Saḩāb?

Saḩāb sits at 31.9°N, 36.0°E, 872 m above sea level, in Jordan. The nearest listed city is Ḩayy al Quwaysimah, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Saḩāb

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saḩāb has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 856 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 393 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,660 m.

The land around Saḩāb is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, bare terrain (31%), artificial surfaces (29%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (53%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
171 m
16 km
393 m
80 km
1,660 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Ḩayy al Quwaysimah 7.0 km · Khuraybat as Sūq 8.0 km · Amman 11 km · Umm as Summāq 14 km · Marj Al Hamam 15 km · Russeifa 17 km · Al Jubayhah 19 km · Wādī as Sīr 20 km

Jordan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type B / C / D / F / G / J
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 42% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,348
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
17
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 426
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 2%Buddhist 0%Hindu 0%

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 Saḩāb (31.8703°, 36.0048°, elevation 872 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).