Shaqra weather in August

In August, Shaqra sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% 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 Shaqra's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shaqra's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 42°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 28°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:36 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 5th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 7.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month.

A typical August day in Shaqra reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 40°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Avg low (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	43	29
2	43	29
3	43	29
4	43	29
5	43	29
6	43	29
7	43	29
8	43	29
9	43	28
10	43	28
11	43	28
12	43	28
13	43	28
14	43	28
15	43	28
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17	43	28
18	43	28
19	43	28
20	43	28
21	43	28
22	42	28
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24	42	28
25	42	28
26	42	28
27	42	28
28	42	28
29	42	28
30	42	27
31	42	27

How August really feels in Shaqra

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 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Shaqra weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 9°	18	2.7	10.6	7.9
Feb	23° / 11°	8	1.5	11.1	8.8
Mar	27° / 15°	16	2.8	11.8	7.9
Apr	33° / 20°	17	3.5	12.6	4.5
May	38° / 25°	3	0.5	13.2	1.2
Jun	41° / 27°	0	0	13.5	0.0
Jul	42° / 28°	0	0	13.4	0.0
Aug	42° / 28°	0	0	12.9	0.0
Sep	40° / 25°	0	0	12.2	0.4
Oct	34° / 20°	2	0.2	11.4	3.8
Nov	27° / 15°	23	3.5	10.8	7.8
Dec	22° / 10°	12	2.7	10.5	8.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% 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 3%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Cloudier (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Shaqra 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
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20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
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19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 14 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
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25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

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 5:29 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:15 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:29	6:41
2	13.2	5:30	6:40
3	13.2	5:30	6:40
4	13.1	5:31	6:39
5	13.1	5:31	6:38
6	13.1	5:32	6:38
7	13.1	5:32	6:37
8	13.1	5:33	6:36
9	13.0	5:33	6:35
10	13.0	5:34	6:35
11	13.0	5:34	6:34
12	13.0	5:35	6:33
13	13.0	5:35	6:32
14	12.9	5:35	6:31
15	12.9	5:36	6:31
16	12.9	5:36	6:30
17	12.9	5:37	6:29
18	12.8	5:37	6:28
19	12.8	5:38	6:27
20	12.8	5:38	6:26
21	12.8	5:39	6:25
22	12.8	5:39	6:24
23	12.7	5:39	6:23
24	12.7	5:40	6:22
25	12.7	5:40	6:21
26	12.7	5:41	6:20
27	12.6	5:41	6:19
28	12.6	5:42	6:18
29	12.6	5:42	6:17
30	12.6	5:42	6:16
31	12.5	5:43	6:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.1 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.4	Intense
2	7.4	Intense
3	7.4	Intense
4	7.4	Intense
5	7.4	Intense
6	7.4	Intense
7	7.4	Intense
8	7.4	Intense
9	7.4	Intense
10	7.4	Intense
11	7.4	Intense
12	7.4	Intense
13	7.4	Intense
14	7.4	Intense
15	7.3	Intense
16	7.3	Intense
17	7.3	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.3	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.2	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.2	Intense
26	7.2	Intense
27	7.1	Intense
28	7.1	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.0	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Shaqra

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Is August a good time to visit Shaqra?

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

1.3

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Shaqra.

What to pack for Shaqra in August

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

In August, Shaqra sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shaqra 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 Shaqra peaks around July 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 5 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	6	8	8	8	10	11	12	11	9	9	6	5
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Shaqra 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 Shaqra is worst in March — around 96 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (September, 49 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	68	77	96	87	85	61	57	56	49	50	59	66
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	68	Unhealthy
Feb	77	Unhealthy
Mar	96	Unhealthy
Apr	87	Unhealthy
May	85	Unhealthy
Jun	61	Unhealthy
Jul	57	Unhealthy
Aug	56	Unhealthy
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	50	Poor
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	66	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Shaqra?

Shaqra sits at 25.2°N, 45.3°E, 715 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Ad Dawādimī, 119 km away.

Topography around Shaqra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shaqra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 727 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 388 m.

The land around Shaqra is covered by bare terrain (62%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, bare terrain (94%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

88 m

bare terrain 62%

16 km

183 m

bare terrain 94%

80 km

388 m

bare terrain 97%

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← July Shaqra year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Ad Dawādimī 119 km · Al Mithnab 124 km · Az Zulfī 126 km · Ad Dir‘īyah 141 km · ‘Irqah 151 km · Unaizah 158 km · Riyadh 160 km · Al Badā’i‘ al Wusţá 173 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 Shaqra (25.2402°, 45.251°, elevation 715 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	43	29
2	43	29
3	43	29
4	43	29
5	43	29
6	43	29
7	43	29
8	43	29
9	43	28
10	43	28
11	43	28
12	43	28
13	43	28
14	43	28
15	43	28
16	43	28
17	43	28
18	43	28
19	43	28
20	43	28
21	43	28
22	42	28
23	42	28
24	42	28
25	42	28
26	42	28
27	42	28
28	42	28
29	42	28
30	42	27
31	42	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
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10	0
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	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
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10	100
11	100
12	100
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	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	43	29
2	43	29
3	43	29
4	43	29
5	43	29
6	43	29
7	43	29
8	43	29
9	43	28
10	43	28
11	43	28
12	43	28
13	43	28
14	43	28
15	43	28
16	43	28
17	43	28
18	43	28
19	43	28
20	43	28
21	43	28
22	42	28
23	42	28
24	42	28
25	42	28
26	42	28
27	42	28
28	42	28
29	42	28
30	42	27
31	42	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
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10	0
11	0
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31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
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30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	43	29
2	43	29
3	43	29
4	43	29
5	43	29
6	43	29
7	43	29
8	43	29
9	43	28
10	43	28
11	43	28
12	43	28
13	43	28
14	43	28
15	43	28
16	43	28
17	43	28
18	43	28
19	43	28
20	43	28
21	43	28
22	42	28
23	42	28
24	42	28
25	42	28
26	42	28
27	42	28
28	42	28
29	42	28
30	42	27
31	42	27

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	97	3
17	97	3
18	97	3
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	98	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100