Mizdah weather in August

In August, Mizdah sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Mizdah's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mizdah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:37 AM – 7:47 PM
Cloud cover
7%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
7.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Mizdah is town and district of 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 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mizdah reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Mizdah 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
Jan15° / 81.610.25.6
Feb16° / 91.910.96.5
Mar20° / 101.911.88.1
Apr25° / 12°51.112.78.8
May29° / 16°40.713.67.0
Jun33° / 20°10.2144.6
Jul35° / 22°00.113.83.4
Aug35° / 22°10.313.13.5
Sep32° / 20°60.912.25.2
Oct27° / 16°81.411.28.0
Nov21° / 11°5110.48.3
Dec16° / 61.6106.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mizdah gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 42% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15037130
24937140
34837150
44737160
54637170
64537170
74537180
84437191
94437191
104337201
114337201
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 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 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 8:01 PM to 7:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.56:288:01
213.56:288:00
313.56:297:59
413.56:307:58
513.56:307:57
613.46:317:57
713.46:327:56
813.46:327:55
913.36:337:54
1013.36:347:53
1113.36:347:52
1213.36:357:51
1313.26:357:50
1413.26:367:49
1513.26:377:48
1613.26:377:47
1713.16:387:46
1813.16:397:45
1913.16:397:44
2013.06:407:42
2113.06:417:41
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2313.06:427:39
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2612.96:447:35
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2812.86:457:33
2912.86:467:32
3012.76:467:31
3112.76:477:29

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
27.6Intense
37.6Intense
47.6Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mizdah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Mizdah?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mizdah in August

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

In August, Mizdah sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mizdah 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 Mizdah peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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 highModerateJun 19UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr7Very high
May9Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Mizdah 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 Mizdah is worst in April — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 35 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorApr 1675 µg/m³Aug 1435 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar59Unhealthy
Apr77Unhealthy
May60Unhealthy
Jun49Poor
Jul36Poor
Aug35Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct36Poor
Nov40Poor
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mizdah?

Mizdah sits at 31.4°N, 13.0°E, 458 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Al Aşābi‘ah, 66 km away.

Ar RayāyinahZintanBani WalidAl ‘Azīzīyah

Topography around Mizdah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mizdah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m around an average of 473 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 317 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 752 m.

The land around Mizdah is covered by bare terrain (91%) within 3 km, bare terrain (100%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
168 m
16 km
317 m
80 km
752 m
grasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Al Aşābi‘ah 66 km · Gharyan 80 km · Yafran 81 km · Al Qawāsim 82 km · Ar Rayāyinah 88 km · Zintan 88 km · Bani Walid 100 km · Al ‘Azīzīyah 120 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 Mizdah (31.4493°, 12.9853°, elevation 458 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).