Surif City weather in August

In August, Surif City sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Surif City's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Surif City's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:09 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
4%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
7.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Surif City is city in Palestine.

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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Surif City reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Surif City

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.

Surif City 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
Jan16° / 488.410.25.5
Feb17° / 417.710.85.9
Mar20° / 10°295.911.87.3
Apr24° / 13°112.612.88.6
May28° / 17°51.313.68.0
Jun31° / 20°10.1146.5
Jul32° / 22°0013.95.4
Aug33° / 22°0013.25.2
Sep31° / 21°10.412.26.1
Oct28° / 18°102.611.27.5
Nov23° / 14°204.610.48.1
Dec18° / 10°326.2106.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Surif City 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 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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 56% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
111043432
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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 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 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 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:59 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.64:596:33
213.55:006:32
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413.55:016:30
513.55:026:29
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713.45:036:28
813.45:046:27
913.45:046:26
1013.35:056:25
1113.35:066:24
1213.35:066:23
1313.35:076:22
1413.25:086:21
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1713.15:106:18
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2113.05:126:13
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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 7.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.91 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.11 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Surif City

In seasonPeak

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

Surif City sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Surif City?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
8.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Surif City in August

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

In August, Surif City sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Surif City 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 48 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 27 — 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 Surif City in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Surif City peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct6High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Surif City 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 Surif City is worst in December — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (July, 35 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 2070 µg/m³Jul 2135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan68Unhealthy
Feb68Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul35Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep41Poor
Oct48Poor
Nov64Unhealthy
Dec70Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Surif City?

Surif City sits at 31.7°N, 35.1°E, 694 m above sea level, in Palestinian Territory. The nearest listed city is Battir, 7.0 km away.

ḨalḩūlSa‘īrIdhnāBayt JālāHebronBethlehemDūrā

Topography around Surif City

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Surif City has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 513 m around an average of 590 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 859 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,669 m.

The land around Surif City is covered by grassland (41%) and shrubs (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (31%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (28%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

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513 m
16 km
859 m
80 km
1,669 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Battir 7.0 km · Ḩalḩūl 9.0 km · Sa‘īr 11 km · Idhnā 13 km · Bayt Jālā 14 km · Hebron 14 km · Bethlehem 14 km · Dūrā 16 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 Surif City (31.6508°, 35.0644°, elevation 694 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).