At Tāj weather in August

In August, At Tāj sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-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 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is At Tāj's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see At Tāj's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:05 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
7.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.7
out of 10

At Tāj is human settlement in Libya.

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 At Tāj reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 40°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 At Tāj

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
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.

At Tāj weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 00.110.78.3
Feb22° / 00.111.29.0
Mar27° / 12°10.111.88.8
Apr32° / 17°0012.55.3
May36° / 22°0013.22.8
Jun38° / 24°0013.51.6
Jul38° / 24°0013.31.6
Aug38° / 25°0012.81.7
Sep36° / 22°0012.13.0
Oct31° / 18°0011.46.2
Nov25° / 12°0010.89.2
Dec20° / 00.110.58.5

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 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

At Tāj 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 dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 7.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.53 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 At Tāj

In seasonPeak

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

At Tāj sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit At Tāj?

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

1.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in At Tāj.

What to pack for At Tāj in August

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

In August, At Tāj sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in At Tāj in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in At Tāj peaks around May 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 17UV 12Jan 11UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb7High
Mar9Very high
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec5High

Air quality in At Tāj 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 At Tāj is worst in May — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (November, 31 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateMay 1675 µg/m³Nov 2132 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May76Unhealthy
Jun65Unhealthy
Jul48Poor
Aug50Poor
Sep47Poor
Oct45Poor
Nov31Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is At Tāj?

At Tāj sits at 24.2°N, 23.3°E, 379 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Al Jawf, 1.0 km away.

SiwaAl BurayqahAjdabiya

Topography around At Tāj

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around At Tāj has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 386 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m.

The land around At Tāj is covered by bare terrain (75%) within 3 km, bare terrain (94%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

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378 m
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August weather nearby: Al Jawf 1.0 km · Mūţ 592 km · Siwa 598 km · Al Bawīţī 722 km · Al-Khārijah 743 km · Al Khārjah 746 km · Al Burayqah 781 km · Ajdabiya 788 km

Libya travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F / L
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 39% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,449
2025
Happiness
5.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
21.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 395
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 At Tāj (24.2049°, 23.2857°, elevation 379 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).