Aţ Ţaraf weather in August

In August, Aţ Ţaraf sees average daytime highs of 44°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 44°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Aţ Ţaraf's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aţ Ţaraf's year-round climate.

Daytime high
44°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
29°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
5:18 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
9%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
7.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Aţ Ţaraf is human settlement in Saudi Arabia.

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 44°C through the month.

A typical August day in Aţ Ţaraf reaches about 44°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 42°C and 46°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Aţ Ţaraf

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.

Aţ Ţaraf weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 112.410.68.2
Feb24° / 11°121.911.18.9
Mar28° / 15°12211.87.5
Apr34° / 20°61.212.63.6
May40° / 25°10.113.20.3
Jun44° / 28°0013.50.0
Jul45° / 29°0013.40.0
Aug44° / 29°00.112.90.0
Sep41° / 25°00.112.20.1
Oct36° / 21°00.111.42.7
Nov28° / 16°61.210.87.5
Dec23° / 11°142.210.48.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 3%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Aţ Ţaraf gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 20% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
16013101151
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Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 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 42 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:11 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:116:23
213.25:126:22
313.25:126:22
413.15:136:21
513.15:136:21
613.15:146:20
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813.15:156:18
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3112.55:255:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Aţ Ţaraf

In seasonPeak

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

Aţ Ţaraf sees seasonal dust haze (February–September), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Aţ Ţaraf?

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
0.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aţ Ţaraf.

What to pack for Aţ Ţaraf in August

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

In August, Aţ Ţaraf sees daytime highs around 44°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Aţ Ţaraf in August

The nearest coast averages about 33°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 70 km away) is warmest in August at about 33°C and coldest in February near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 18 to Dec 28 — about 9.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar20Cool
Apr23Refreshing
May27Warm
Jun30Tropical
Jul32Tropical
Aug33Tropical
Sep32Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec21Refreshing

UV index in Aţ Ţaraf 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 Aţ Ţaraf peaks around July 17 at about 10 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 17UV 10Dec 16UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb9Very high
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Aţ Ţaraf 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 Aţ Ţaraf is worst in July — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJul 1178 µg/m³Oct 1952 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan70Unhealthy
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar74Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun77Unhealthy
Jul78Unhealthy
Aug69Unhealthy
Sep57Unhealthy
Oct52Poor
Nov54Poor
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Aţ Ţaraf?

Aţ Ţaraf sits at 25.4°N, 49.7°E, 133 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Al Munayzilah, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Aţ Ţaraf

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aţ Ţaraf has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m.

The land around Aţ Ţaraf is covered by bare terrain (59%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (76%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (92%) within 80 km.

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80 km
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August weather nearby: Al Munayzilah 7.0 km · Al Baţţālīyah 12 km · Al Hufūf 14 km · Al Mubarraz 15 km · Abqaiq 64 km · Dukhan 106 km · Dhahran 110 km · Dār Kulayb 111 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,537
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
35.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 404

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 Aţ Ţaraf (25.3623°, 49.7276°, elevation 133 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).