Nālūt weather in August

In August, Nālūt sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.2 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 97% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Nālūt's 2nd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nālūt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:45 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
7%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
7.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Nālūt is town 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 36°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nālūt reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 40°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 Nālūt

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.

Nālūt 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° / 102.110.25.7
Feb17° / 112.310.86.8
Mar21° / 10°122.411.88.2
Apr26° / 14°51.112.88.6
May30° / 18°40.913.66.3
Jun34° / 21°20.2143.9
Jul36° / 23°00.113.92.7
Aug36° / 24°10.413.22.8
Sep33° / 22°61.112.24.6
Oct28° / 17°111.811.27.7
Nov21° / 12°81.810.48.3
Dec16° / 112.1106.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% 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
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
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15991
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28973
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31973

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nālūt gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 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 (%)
11
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31
41
51
61
71
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91
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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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15724163
25724163
35724163
45624173
55525173
65525173
75425174
85425174
95326174
105326174
115326174
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284827205
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314727216

Wind in August

Winds average 14 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
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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515light breeze
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814light breeze
914light 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 6:35 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 8:09 PM to 7:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.66:358:09
213.66:368:09
313.56:368:08
413.56:378:07
513.56:388:06
613.56:388:05
713.46:398:04
813.46:408:03
913.46:408:03
1013.36:418:02
1113.36:428:01
1213.36:428:00
1313.36:437:59
1413.26:447:58
1513.26:447:57
1613.26:457:55
1713.16:467:54
1813.16:467:53
1913.16:477:52
2013.16:487:51
2113.06:487:50
2213.06:497:49
2313.06:497:48
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2712.86:527:43
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3012.76:547:39
3112.76:557:38

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 7.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.6Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
77.4Intense
87.4Intense
97.4Intense
107.3Intense
117.3Intense
127.3Intense
137.3Intense
147.2Intense
157.2Intense
167.2Intense
177.1Intense
187.1Intense
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217.0Intense
227.0Intense
237.0Intense
246.9Intense
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266.9Intense
276.8Intense
286.8Intense
296.7Intense
306.7Intense
316.7Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nālūt

In seasonPeak

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

Nālūt sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Nālūt?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nālūt in August

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

In August, Nālūt sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nālūt in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nālūt peaks around June 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 12Dec 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Nālūt 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 Nālūt is worst in April — around 91 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 39 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorApr 1788 µg/m³Nov 2039 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb53Poor
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr91Unhealthy
May73Unhealthy
Jun62Unhealthy
Jul44Poor
Aug44Poor
Sep45Poor
Oct42Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec40Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Nālūt?

Nālūt sits at 31.9°N, 11.0°E, 637 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Zintan, 120 km away.

ZintanTataouineAr RayāyinahBen GardaneSīdī Bin ZīnahYafranAl JumaylZuwarah

Topography around Nālūt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nālūt has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m around an average of 563 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 464 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m.

The land around Nālūt is covered by bare terrain (82%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km
300 m
16 km
464 m
80 km
622 m
treesshrubsartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Zintan 120 km · Tataouine 128 km · Ar Rayāyinah 131 km · Ben Gardane 143 km · Sīdī Bin Zīnah 148 km · Yafran 148 km · Al Jumayl 149 km · Zuwarah 157 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 Nālūt (31.8685°, 10.9812°, elevation 637 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).