Inkhil weather in August

In August, Inkhil sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Inkhil's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Inkhil's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:03 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Inkhil is Area in Syria.

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 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Inkhil reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°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 Inkhil

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.

Inkhil weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 427.510.14.1
Feb15° / 376.810.84.9
Mar18° / 275.411.76.9
Apr23° / 10°103.112.88.4
May29° / 14°51.513.77.5
Jun32° / 17°10.214.15.5
Jul34° / 19°00.1144.2
Aug34° / 19°00.113.24.1
Sep32° / 18°10.412.25.4
Oct28° / 15°61.511.27.7
Nov21° / 173.810.37.8
Dec15° / 305.69.95.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August.

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

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Inkhil 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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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 15 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 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 4:52 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.64:526:31
213.64:536:30
313.64:546:29
413.64:546:28
513.54:556:28
613.54:566:27
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813.54:576:25
913.44:586:24
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1113.44:596:22
1213.35:006:21
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1613.25:036:16
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1813.25:046:14
1913.15:056:13
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2213.05:076:09
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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 7.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.73 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is August a good time to visit Inkhil?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Inkhil in August

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

In August, Inkhil sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Inkhil 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 Inkhil peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 22UV 11Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Inkhil 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 Inkhil is worst in April — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 33 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorApr 1055 µg/m³Jul 2133 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar54Poor
Apr55Unhealthy
May46Poor
Jun37Poor
Jul33Moderate
Aug34Moderate
Sep42Poor
Oct48Poor
Nov50Poor
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Inkhil?

Inkhil sits at 33.0°N, 36.1°E, 623 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Jāsim, 7.0 km away.

Al Ḩirāk

Topography around Inkhil

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Inkhil has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 626 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 534 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,090 m.

The land around Inkhil is covered by cropland (80%) within 3 km, cropland (86%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
64 m
16 km
534 m
80 km
3,090 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Jāsim 7.0 km · Aş Şanamayn 8.0 km · Nawá 17 km · Shaykh Miskīn 21 km · Dā‘il 29 km · Al Qunayţirah 31 km · Ţafas 32 km · Al Ḩirāk 34 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2022
GDP per capita
$1,057
2022
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate
2.1
per 100k, 2010
Road deaths
14.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 456
Religion
Muslim 87%Christian 10%Druze 3%

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 Inkhil (33.0181°, 36.1283°, elevation 623 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).