Khān Shaykhūn weather in August

In August, Khān Shaykhūn sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°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 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Khān Shaykhūn's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khān Shaykhūn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
4:57 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Khān Shaykhūn is human settlement.

Founded
1400

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 36°C through the month.

A typical August day in Khān Shaykhūn reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 39°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)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Khān Shaykhūn

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.

Khān Shaykhūn 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
Jan12° / 509.89.93.5
Feb14° / 398.110.74.5
Mar19° / 316.911.76.7
Apr24° / 11°184.112.98.0
May29° / 15°132.813.86.8
Jun33° / 19°20.414.34.7
Jul36° / 22°00.114.13.2
Aug36° / 22°10.213.32.9
Sep33° / 19°30.612.24.7
Oct28° / 15°102.711.17.2
Nov20° / 254.710.17.5
Dec14° / 427.89.74.4

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

Any precipitation

Khān Shaykhūn gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% 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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 30% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
141449321
241448331
341347351
431347361
531347361
631346371
731346381
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2741956210
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2962055190
3072055180
3172155170

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 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 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:45 AM to 5:09 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.84:456:34
213.84:466:33
313.84:476:32
413.74:486:31
513.74:486:30
613.74:496:29
713.64:506:28
813.64:516:27
913.64:516:26
1013.54:526:25
1113.54:536:24
1213.54:546:23
1313.44:556:21
1413.44:556:20
1513.44:566:19
1613.34:576:18
1713.34:586:17
1813.34:596:16
1913.24:596:14
2013.25:006:13
2113.25:016:12
2213.15:026:10
2313.15:036:09
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2513.05:046:06
2613.05:056:05
2713.05:066:04
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3012.95:085:59
3112.85:095:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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286.7Intense
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306.6Intense
316.6Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Khān Shaykhūn?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Khān Shaykhūn. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Khān Shaykhūn in August

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

In August, Khān Shaykhūn sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khān Shaykhūn 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 Khān Shaykhūn peaks around June 19 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 19UV 10Jan 10UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Khān Shaykhūn 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 Khān Shaykhūn is worst in February — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorFeb 2154 µg/m³Jul 2124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar53Poor
Apr48Poor
May38Poor
Jun29Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct43Poor
Nov50Poor
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Khān Shaykhūn?

Khān Shaykhūn sits at 35.4°N, 36.7°E, 376 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Kafr Zaytā, 9.0 km away.

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Topography around Khān Shaykhūn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khān Shaykhūn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 387 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 399 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,540 m.

The land around Khān Shaykhūn is covered by cropland (64%) within 3 km, cropland (76%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
399 m
80 km
1,540 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Kafr Zaytā 9.0 km · Şūrān 19 km · Ţayyibat al Imām 20 km · Kafranbel 21 km · Ḩalfāyā 21 km · Maharda 23 km · Ḩamāh 36 km · Saraqib 49 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 Khān Shaykhūn (35.4421°, 36.651°, elevation 376 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).