Adam weather in August

In August, Adam sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Adam's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Adam's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
4th warmest
Overnight low
28°
10th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:51 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
33%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month.

A typical August day in Adam reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Adam

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Adam weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 14°30.810.88.7
Feb29° / 16°30.511.27.3
Mar33° / 19°151.411.84.7
Apr37° / 24°50.912.51.8
May42° / 28°10.213.10.0
Jun43° / 29°20.413.30.0
Jul43° / 29°70.813.20.0
Aug41° / 28°30.612.80.0
Sep40° / 26°00.112.10.3
Oct37° / 23°10.211.52.3
Nov32° / 19°50.510.95.5
Dec28° / 16°60.410.77.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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57426
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Adam gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.6 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 2% and peaks near 4% 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 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 49% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1812343691
2812343691
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 hours 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:456:47
213.05:456:47
313.05:466:46
413.05:466:45
513.05:466:45
613.05:476:44
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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 6.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.6 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.38 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 Adam

In seasonPeak

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

Adam sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Adam?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Adam.

What to pack for Adam in August

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

In August, Adam sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Adam in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Adam peaks around April 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highHighApr 21UV 12Dec 15UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Air quality in Adam 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 Adam is worst in July — around 113 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (December, 27 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 18110 µg/m³Dec 1227 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar42Poor
Apr56Unhealthy
May67Unhealthy
Jun81Unhealthy
Jul113Unhealthy
Aug94Unhealthy
Sep60Unhealthy
Oct36Poor
Nov28Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Adam?

Adam sits at 22.4°N, 57.5°E, 284 m above sea level, in Oman. The nearest listed city is Nizwa, 62 km away.

NizwaIzkīBahlaIbraSamā’ilRustaqSufālat Samā’ilBidbid

Topography around Adam

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Adam has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m around an average of 290 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 799 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,173 m.

The land around Adam is covered by bare terrain (75%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
190 m
16 km
799 m
80 km
2,173 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Nizwa 62 km · Izkī 66 km · Bahla 70 km · Ibra 109 km · Samā’il 111 km · Rustaq 113 km · Sufālat Samā’il 116 km · Bidbid 130 km

Oman travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$19,947
2025
Happiness
6.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
91%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
10.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 407
Religion
Muslim 86%Christian 6%Hindu 6%other and unaffiliated 2%

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 Adam (22.3793°, 57.5272°, elevation 284 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).