Az Zuwāydah weather in August

In August, Az Zuwāydah sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-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 98% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Az Zuwāydah's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Az Zuwāydah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:12 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
10%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Az Zuwāydah is human settlement in Gaza Strip.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Az Zuwāydah reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Az Zuwāydah

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.

Az Zuwāydah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 11°779.510.26.1
Feb18° / 11°598.210.96.4
Mar21° / 13°375.511.87.4
Apr24° / 16°122.912.78.6
May27° / 19°4113.68.6
Jun30° / 22°10.2147.2
Jul31° / 24°10.213.85.9
Aug32° / 25°0013.15.6
Sep31° / 24°20.512.26.3
Oct28° / 21°132.811.27.4
Nov24° / 17°284.910.48.0
Dec20° / 13°537.4107.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% 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 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Az Zuwāydah gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August, the driest month. 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 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11167112
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 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 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:02 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:026:35
213.55:036:34
313.55:036:33
413.55:046:33
513.55:056:32
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813.45:076:29
913.35:076:28
1013.35:086:27
1113.35:096:26
1213.35:096:25
1313.25:106:24
1413.25:116:23
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1613.25:126:21
1713.15:136:20
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1913.15:146:18
2013.05:146:17
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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 6.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.84 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Az Zuwāydah

In seasonPeak

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

Az Zuwāydah sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Az Zuwāydah?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
8.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Az Zuwāydah in August

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

In August, Az Zuwāydah sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Az Zuwāydah in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°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 21 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 1 to Dec 26 — about 7.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar18Cool
Apr19Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep28Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov24Refreshing
Dec21Refreshing

UV index in Az Zuwāydah 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 Az Zuwāydah peaks around June 18 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Az Zuwāydah 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 Az Zuwāydah is worst in February — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (August, 27 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1464 µg/m³Aug 1827 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan61Unhealthy
Feb64Unhealthy
Mar60Unhealthy
Apr56Unhealthy
May48Poor
Jun35Poor
Jul28Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct35Moderate
Nov54Poor
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Az Zuwāydah?

Az Zuwāydah sits at 31.4°N, 34.4°E, 34 m above sea level, in Palestinian Territory. The nearest listed city is An Nuşayrāt, 2.0 km away.

GazaBanī SuhaylāKhān YūnisJabālyā

Topography around Az Zuwāydah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Az Zuwāydah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,017 m.

The land around Az Zuwāydah is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, water (41%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (37%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
132 m
80 km
1,017 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: An Nuşayrāt 2.0 km · Al Burayj 2.0 km · Dayr al Balaḩ 4.0 km · Al Qarārah 8.0 km · Gaza 11 km · Banī Suhaylā 12 km · Khān Yūnis 13 km · Jabālyā 14 km

Palestinian Territory travel facts

Power plugs
Type C / H
230 V · 50 Hz
GDP per capita
$3,171
2025
Happiness
4.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
81%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2016
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 463

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 Az Zuwāydah (31.4395°, 34.3805°, elevation 34 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).