Şabrātah weather in August

In August, Şabrātah sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Şabrātah's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Şabrātah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:38 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover
7%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
6.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Şabrātah is city 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 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Şabrātah reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 38°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 Şabrātah

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.

Şabrātah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 10°26510.16.5
Feb18° / 10°233.910.87.2
Mar21° / 12°163.411.88.0
Apr25° / 15°91.912.88.6
May28° / 18°5113.77.7
Jun31° / 22°10.414.15.8
Jul33° / 24°0013.94.9
Aug34° / 25°10.313.24.4
Sep32° / 24°101.812.25.2
Oct28° / 20°193.311.27.0
Nov23° / 15°204.210.38.0
Dec19° / 11°254.89.97.1

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 (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Şabrātah 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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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 88% of them.

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

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

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
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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 6:27 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 8:05 PM to 7:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.66:278:05
213.66:288:04
313.66:288:03
413.66:298:03
513.56:308:02
613.56:318:01
713.56:318:00
813.56:327:59
913.46:337:58
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1113.46:347:56
1213.36:357:55
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1413.36:367:53
1513.26:377:52
1613.26:387:51
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1813.26:397:48
1913.16:407:47
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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 6.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.75 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 6.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Şabrātah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Şabrātah?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Şabrātah for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Şabrātah in August

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

In August, Şabrātah sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Şabrātah in August

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 25 to Dec 11 — about 6.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan17Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul26Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index in Şabrātah 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 Şabrātah peaks around June 19 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 19UV 10Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Şabrātah 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 Şabrātah is worst in April — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateApr 1140 µg/m³Aug 1016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb35Poor
Mar38Poor
Apr40Poor
May29Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Şabrātah?

Şabrātah sits at 32.8°N, 12.5°E, 17 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Şurmān, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Şabrātah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Şabrātah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 794 m.

The land around Şabrātah is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), grassland (29%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (44%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (38%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
68 m
80 km
794 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Şurmān 9.0 km · Al Ajaylat 11 km · Al Ḩurshah 18 km · Az Zāwīyah 23 km · Zawiya 23 km · Qarqūzah 34 km · Az Zahrā’ 38 km · An Nāşirīyah 40 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 Şabrātah (32.7933°, 12.4885°, elevation 17 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).