Subaykhān weather in August

In August, Subaykhān sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
4:42 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Subaykhān is town in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical August day in Subaykhān reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Subaykhān

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
30 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.

Subaykhān 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
Jan13° / 255.59.94.3
Feb16° / 194.310.75.9
Mar21° / 10°194.111.77.8
Apr27° / 15°122.512.97.9
May33° / 20°6113.84.6
Jun38° / 25°0014.31.5
Jul41° / 27°0014.10.0
Aug40° / 27°0013.30.1
Sep36° / 23°00.112.22.5
Oct30° / 18°101.911.16.4
Nov21° / 10°183.510.27.9
Dec15° / 234.59.75.2

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

Subaykhān 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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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266286
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465296
565296
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1166286
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Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
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518light 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 4:31 AM to 4:54 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 5:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.84:316:17
213.74:316:16
313.74:326:15
413.74:336:14
513.74:346:13
613.64:346:12
713.64:356:11
813.64:366:10
913.54:376:09
1013.54:376:08
1113.54:386:07
1213.44:396:06
1313.44:406:05
1413.44:416:04
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1613.34:426:01
1713.34:436:00
1813.34:445:59
1913.24:445:58
2013.24:455:56
2113.24:465:55
2213.14:475:54
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2413.14:485:51
2513.04:495:50
2613.04:505:49
2712.94:515:47
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3012.84:535:43
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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 7.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.72 kWh/m² to a high of 8.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.8Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Subaykhān

In seasonPeak

None of Subaykhān's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Subaykhān sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Subaykhān?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Subaykhān.

What to pack for Subaykhān in August

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

In August, Subaykhān sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Subaykhān in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Subaykhān peaks around June 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 16UV 10Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Subaykhān 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 Subaykhān is worst in July — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 34 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorPoorJul 1761 µg/m³Nov 1935 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb42Poor
Mar53Poor
Apr53Poor
May59Unhealthy
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul62Unhealthy
Aug57Unhealthy
Sep46Poor
Oct43Poor
Nov34Moderate
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Subaykhān?

Subaykhān sits at 34.9°N, 40.6°E, 188 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Mayādīn, 23 km away.

Ālbū KamālAl Qā’imDeir ez-Zor‘Anat al Qadīmah‘AnahḨadīthah

Topography around Subaykhān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Subaykhān has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 183 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 287 m.

The land around Subaykhān is covered by cropland (54%) within 3 km, bare terrain (62%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
70 m
80 km
287 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Al Mayādīn 23 km · Hajīn 27 km · Ālbū Kamāl 53 km · Al Qā’im 62 km · Deir ez-Zor 68 km · ‘Anat al Qadīmah 130 km · ‘Anah 137 km · Ḩadīthah 181 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 Subaykhān (34.8531°, 40.5999°, elevation 188 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).