Ibra weather in August

In August, Ibra sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% 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 Ibra's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ibra's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
4th warmest
Overnight low
26°
9th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:46 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
36%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ibra reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Ibra

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.

Ibra weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 14°51.110.88.8
Feb28° / 15°6111.28.0
Mar32° / 19°202.311.85.4
Apr36° / 23°111.912.52.6
May40° / 27°3113.10.3
Jun42° / 28°90.913.40.0
Jul41° / 28°9213.30.0
Aug40° / 26°81.812.80.1
Sep38° / 25°10.212.11.1
Oct35° / 22°30.711.53.2
Nov31° / 18°60.810.96.3
Dec27° / 15°60.710.68.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17327
27327
37327
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77525
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ibra gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.8 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 6% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
19
29
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49
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69
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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 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 40% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1416393191
2416393191
3416393191
4416403181
5416403181
6415413181
7415413271
8414413371
9413423371
10413423461
11412423561
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 5:40 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:406:44
213.05:416:43
313.05:416:42
413.05:426:42
513.05:426:41
613.05:426:41
713.05:436:40
812.95:436:39
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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 6.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.5 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.3Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ibra

In seasonPeak

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

Ibra sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

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

Is August a good time to visit Ibra?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ibra.

What to pack for Ibra in August

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

In August, Ibra sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ibra 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 Ibra peaks around April 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highHighApr 19UV 12Dec 16UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Air quality in Ibra 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 Ibra is worst in July — around 110 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (December, 23 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 18107 µg/m³Dec 1424 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb33Moderate
Mar38Poor
Apr52Poor
May64Unhealthy
Jun81Unhealthy
Jul110Unhealthy
Aug88Unhealthy
Sep53Poor
Oct33Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ibra?

Ibra sits at 22.7°N, 58.5°E, 446 m above sea level, in Oman. The nearest listed city is Badīyah, 38 km away.

QurayyātIzkīSufālat Samā’ilBidbidSamā’ilBawsharMuscat

Topography around Ibra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ibra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 443 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 472 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,185 m.

The land around Ibra is covered by bare terrain (78%) within 3 km, bare terrain (97%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
141 m
16 km
472 m
80 km
2,185 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Badīyah 38 km · Qurayyāt 75 km · Izkī 83 km · Sufālat Samā’il 87 km · Bidbid 90 km · Samā’il 90 km · Bawshar 100 km · Muscat 100 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 Ibra (22.6906°, 58.5334°, elevation 446 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).