Buraimi weather in August

In August, Buraimi sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 31°C, with 3 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Buraimi's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Buraimi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
42°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
31°
12th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:55 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
25%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Buraimi is place in Al Buraimi, Oman.

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 42°C through the month.

A typical August day in Buraimi reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 31°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 40°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Buraimi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 14°101.510.79.1
Feb26° / 15°71.311.28.9
Mar30° / 18°141.911.86.8
Apr34° / 22°6112.53.7
May39° / 26°10.113.20.7
Jun42° / 29°10.413.50.0
Jul42° / 31°30.813.30.0
Aug42° / 31°31.212.80.0
Sep40° / 28°10.312.20.5
Oct36° / 24°00.211.43.1
Nov30° / 19°20.110.86.8
Dec26° / 16°40.610.59.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18317
28317
38317
48416
58416
68416
78515
88614
98614
108713
118812
128911
138911
14919
15919
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17928
18928
19946
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29955
30964
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Buraimi gets around 3 mm of rain over 1.2 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 4% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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44
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 29% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 38% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
116182527141
215182528131
315182528131
415182528121
514182628121
614182628121
714182728122
813182728122
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1511202927111
1611203027111
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2012213026101
2112213126101
2213213025101
231321312690
241321312590
251421312580
261421312580
271521322580
281621322570
291621322470
301621322470
311721322360

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

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
113light 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 5:49 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:496:57
213.15:496:56
313.15:506:56
413.15:506:55
513.15:516:55
613.05:516:54
713.05:516:53
813.05:526:53
913.05:526:52
1013.05:536:51
1113.05:536:50
1212.95:546:50
1312.95:546:49
1412.95:556:48
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2012.85:576:43
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2712.66:006:36
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2912.66:016:34
3012.56:016:33
3112.56:016:32

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.68 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Buraimi

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Buraimi?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
1.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Buraimi.

What to pack for Buraimi in August

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

In August, Buraimi sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 31°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Buraimi 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 Buraimi peaks around May 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighMay 22UV 11Dec 16UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb9Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Buraimi 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 Buraimi is worst in July — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 46 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1997 µg/m³Dec 1146 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan49Poor
Feb57Unhealthy
Mar66Unhealthy
Apr71Unhealthy
May77Unhealthy
Jun81Unhealthy
Jul98Unhealthy
Aug88Unhealthy
Sep69Unhealthy
Oct54Poor
Nov46Poor
Dec46Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Buraimi?

Buraimi sits at 24.3°N, 55.8°E, 297 m above sea level, in Oman. The nearest listed city is Al Ain, 7.0 km away.

HattaLiwáShināşLahbabSoharDubaiDubai Silicon Oasis

Topography around Buraimi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Buraimi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 299 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,535 m.

The land around Buraimi is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and bare terrain (37%) within 3 km, bare terrain (74%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
485 m
80 km
1,535 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Al Ain 7.0 km · Hatta 70 km · Liwá 84 km · Shināş 87 km · Lahbab 90 km · Sohar 93 km · Dubai 104 km · Dubai Silicon Oasis 105 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 Buraimi (24.2509°, 55.7931°, elevation 297 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).