Laylá weather in August

In August, Laylá sees average daytime highs of 43°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 43°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of August to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Laylá's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Laylá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
43°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
29°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:34 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
22%
9th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
7.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Laylá is town in central 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 43°C through the month.

A typical August day in Laylá reaches about 43°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 42°C and 45°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 Laylá

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.

Laylá weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 10°41.110.88.8
Feb25° / 12°30.811.29.2
Mar30° / 16°61.111.86.8
Apr35° / 21°71.512.53.3
May40° / 26°10.313.10.4
Jun43° / 27°0013.30.0
Jul44° / 29°0013.20.0
Aug43° / 29°0012.80.0
Sep40° / 25°0012.10.3
Oct35° / 20°00.111.53.4
Nov28° / 15°30.710.97.7
Dec24° / 11°30.710.79.2

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 9%. 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

Laylá gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 13 hours 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 30 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:28 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:286:30
213.05:296:30
313.05:296:29
413.05:296:29
513.05:306:28
613.05:306:27
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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 7.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.66 kWh/m² to a high of 7.71 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 7.21 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 Laylá

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Laylá?

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
0.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Laylá.

What to pack for Laylá in August

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

In August, Laylá sees daytime highs around 43°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Laylá 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 Laylá peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highHighJul 15UV 11Dec 15UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb8Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Laylá 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 Laylá is worst in March — around 96 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (October, 41 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorMar 2094 µg/m³Oct 1442 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan61Unhealthy
Feb73Unhealthy
Mar96Unhealthy
Apr88Unhealthy
May79Unhealthy
Jun65Unhealthy
Jul67Unhealthy
Aug61Unhealthy
Sep47Poor
Oct41Poor
Nov53Poor
Dec55Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Laylá?

Laylá sits at 22.3°N, 46.7°E, 541 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm, 135 km away.

Ḥawṭah Banī TamīmAd DilamAl KharjAs Sulayyil‘IrqahRiyadhAd Dir‘īyahAd Dawādimī

Topography around Laylá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Laylá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 540 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 701 m.

The land around Laylá is covered by bare terrain (64%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (95%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

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August weather nearby: Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm 135 km · Ad Dilam 194 km · Al Kharj 216 km · As Sulayyil 236 km · ‘Irqah 266 km · Riyadh 266 km · Ad Dir‘īyah 274 km · Ad Dawādimī 342 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 Laylá (22.2921°, 46.7238°, elevation 541 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).