Hūn weather in August

In August, Hūn sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°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 Hūn's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hūn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:29 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
7.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Hūn is town in Fezzan, 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 36°C through the month.

A typical August day in Hūn reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Hūn

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.

Hūn weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 5110.37.5
Feb20° / 30.9118.2
Mar24° / 11°20.611.89.0
Apr29° / 15°20.412.77.3
May33° / 19°10.313.44.7
Jun36° / 22°10.113.82.8
Jul36° / 23°0013.72.6
Aug36° / 23°00.1132.6
Sep35° / 22°0012.23.5
Oct30° / 18°20.411.36.6
Nov24° / 13°20.310.58.8
Dec19° / 20.410.27.9

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 0%.

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

Any precipitation

Hūn gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 39% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
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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 6:20 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 7:45 PM to 7:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.46:207:45
213.46:217:44
313.46:217:43
413.36:227:42
513.36:227:42
613.36:237:41
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813.36:247:39
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1313.16:277:35
1413.16:287:34
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1613.16:297:32
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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 7.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.49 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.32 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 Hūn

In seasonPeak

None of Hūn's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Hūn sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Hūn?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hūn. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Hūn in August

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

In August, Hūn sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Hūn 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 Hūn peaks around June 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 17UV 12Jan 11UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Hūn 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 Hūn is worst in April — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (November, 30 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateApr 1879 µg/m³Nov 1930 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb47Poor
Mar60Unhealthy
Apr81Unhealthy
May68Unhealthy
Jun55Unhealthy
Jul39Poor
Aug39Poor
Sep37Poor
Oct34Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Hūn?

Hūn sits at 29.1°N, 15.9°E, 260 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Sirte, 240 km away.

SirteBrakSabhaAl JadīdBin JawwādBani WalidMisratahAl Burayqah

Topography around Hūn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hūn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 268 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 682 m.

The land around Hūn is covered by bare terrain (75%) within 3 km, bare terrain (97%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
188 m
80 km
682 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Sirte 240 km · Brak 240 km · Sabha 276 km · Al Jadīd 276 km · Bin Jawwād 277 km · Bani Walid 347 km · Misratah 370 km · Al Burayqah 378 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 Hūn (29.1268°, 15.9477°, elevation 260 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).