Barkā’ weather in August

In August, Barkā’ sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Barkā’'s 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barkā’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
30°
9th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:48 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
22%
8th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Barkā’ reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Barkā’

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
28 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.

Barkā’ weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 21°142.310.78.7
Feb23° / 21°61.211.29.0
Mar25° / 23°81.111.89.0
Apr29° / 26°20.412.57.7
May32° / 30°0013.15.4
Jun33° / 31°70.213.44.7
Jul33° / 30°40.213.34.9
Aug32° / 30°0012.85.7
Sep31° / 29°0012.16.3
Oct30° / 28°10.211.46.9
Nov27° / 25°71.510.98.7
Dec24° / 22°122.410.69.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37921
47921
58020
68020
78119
88218
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31937

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Barkā’ gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10100
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31298

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min 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 36 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:416:48
213.15:426:47
313.15:426:47
413.15:436:46
513.05:436:45
613.05:446:45
713.05:446:44
813.05:446:43
913.05:456:43
1012.95:456:42
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1412.95:476:39
1512.85:476:38
1612.85:486:37
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1812.85:496:36
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2012.75:496:34
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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 6.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.52 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Barkā’

In seasonPeak

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

Barkā’ sits in the North Indian Ocean cyclone zone; the season peaks May and October–November.

Barkā’ sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is August a good time to visit Barkā’?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
8.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Barkā’ in August

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

In August, Barkā’ sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Barkā’ in August

The nearest coast averages about 31°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 22 km away) is warmest in June at about 32°C and coldest in February near 23°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Refreshing
Feb23Refreshing
Mar24Warm
Apr27Warm
May30Tropical
Jun32Tropical
Jul32Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep31Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec25Warm

UV index in Barkā’ 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 Barkā’ peaks around May 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 17UV 11Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb9Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Barkā’ 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 Barkā’ is worst in July — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.6× the cleanest month (December, 20 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1768 µg/m³Dec 1620 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb29Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr37Poor
May44Poor
Jun55Poor
Jul70Unhealthy
Aug56Unhealthy
Sep34Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Barkā’?

Barkā’ sits at 23.7°N, 57.9°E, 13 m above sea level, in Oman. The nearest listed city is Seeb, 31 km away.

Topography around Barkā’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barkā’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,973 m.

The land around Barkā’ is covered by artificial surfaces (39%), bare terrain (24%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (46%) and water (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (58%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
161 m
80 km
2,973 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Seeb 31 km · Bidbid 39 km · Sufālat Samā’il 42 km · Samā’il 43 km · As Suwayq 49 km · Bawshar 54 km · Muscat 54 km · Rustaq 57 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 Barkā’ (23.6787°, 57.886°, elevation 13 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).