Salwá weather in August

In August, Salwá sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 32°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Salwá's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Salwá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
32°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
5:20 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
2%
3rd clearest
Wind
19 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Salwá is Area of Kuwait.

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 41°C through the month.

A typical August day in Salwá reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 32°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Salwá

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.

Salwá weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 11°284.310.36.8
Feb19° / 12°132.610.97.8
Mar24° / 16°172.511.88.6
Apr29° / 21°71.412.77.0
May35° / 27°20.313.43.2
Jun40° / 31°0013.80.4
Jul41° / 32°0013.70.0
Aug41° / 32°0013.10.0
Sep38° / 29°0012.21.3
Oct33° / 24°20.411.34.7
Nov25° / 18°30310.58.2
Dec19° / 13°253.910.27.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% 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

Salwá 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 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 26% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:11 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:116:36
213.45:126:36
313.45:126:35
413.45:136:34
513.35:146:33
613.35:146:33
713.35:156:32
813.35:156:31
913.25:166:30
1013.25:166:29
1113.25:176:28
1213.25:186:27
1313.15:186:26
1413.15:196:26
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1713.05:216:23
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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 7.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Salwá

In seasonPeak

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

Salwá sees seasonal dust haze (February–August), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Salwá?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Salwá.

What to pack for Salwá in August

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

In August, Salwá sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 32°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Salwá in August

The nearest coast averages about 32°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 32°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 31 to Dec 10 — about 8.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar18Cool
Apr22Refreshing
May26Warm
Jun29Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug32Tropical
Sep31Tropical
Oct28Tropical
Nov24Refreshing
Dec19Cool

UV index in Salwá in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Salwá peaks around July 11 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 11UV 10Dec 23UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr4Moderate
May7Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Salwá 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 Salwá is worst in January — around 96 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJan 1495 µg/m³Jun 2176 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan96Unhealthy
Feb87Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr90Unhealthy
May84Unhealthy
Jun76Unhealthy
Jul78Unhealthy
Aug77Unhealthy
Sep77Unhealthy
Oct81Unhealthy
Nov79Unhealthy
Dec92Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Salwá?

Salwá sits at 29.3°N, 48.1°E, 15 m above sea level, in Kuwait. The nearest listed city is Ar Rumaythīyah, 2.0 km away.

Ad DasmahAl Farwānīyah

Topography around Salwá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Salwá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 240 m.

The land around Salwá is covered by artificial surfaces (65%) and water (29%) within 3 km, water (55%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (56%) and water (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
109 m
80 km
240 m
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August weather nearby: Ar Rumaythīyah 2.0 km · Bayān 3.0 km · Salmiya 4.0 km · Şabāḩ as Sālim 5.0 km · Hawalli 6.0 km · Janūb as Surrah 10 km · Ad Dasmah 11 km · Al Farwānīyah 12 km

Kuwait travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 57% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$32,312
2025
Happiness
6.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.2
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
15.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 455
Religion
Muslim 75%Christian 18%other and unspecified 7%

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 Salwá (29.2958°, 48.0786°, elevation 15 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).