Bayt al Faqīh weather in August

In August, Bayt al Faqīh sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 49 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bayt al Faqīh's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bayt al Faqīh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
29°
11th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
6.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:56 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
54%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
out of 10

Bayt al Faqīh is human settlement.

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 37°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bayt al Faqīh reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Bayt al Faqīh

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.

Bayt al Faqīh weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°82.411.26.3
Feb31° / 22°72.111.55.8
Mar33° / 24°102.611.94.5
Apr35° / 26°172.512.33.0
May37° / 28°9212.72.0
Jun38° / 29°50.812.81.3
Jul38° / 30°284.312.81.1
Aug37° / 29°496.412.51.6
Sep37° / 29°285.212.11.9
Oct35° / 27°183.811.73.4
Nov32° / 24°71.711.35.0
Dec30° / 22°61.811.26.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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126040
136139
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bayt al Faqīh gets around 49 mm of rain over 6.4 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 20% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11145431
21135432
31135234
41125235
51115137
60105238
70105139
8095140
9095041
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11085042
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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 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:536:32
212.65:536:32
312.65:546:32
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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 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.52 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bayt al Faqīh

In seasonPeak

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

Bayt al Faqīh sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Bayt al Faqīh?

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

1.6
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bayt al Faqīh.

What to pack for Bayt al Faqīh in August

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

In August, Bayt al Faqīh sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Bayt al Faqīh in August

The nearest coast averages about 31°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 49 km away) is warmest in September at about 32°C and coldest in February near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr28Warm
May30Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep32Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Bayt al Faqīh 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 Bayt al Faqīh peaks around April 9 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 12Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Bayt al Faqīh 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 Bayt al Faqīh is worst in July — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 30 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1056 µg/m³Nov 2031 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Poor
Feb40Poor
Mar42Poor
Apr38Poor
May39Poor
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul57Unhealthy
Aug48Poor
Sep43Poor
Oct34Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bayt al Faqīh?

Bayt al Faqīh sits at 14.5°N, 43.3°E, 151 m above sea level, in Yemen. The nearest listed city is Zabīd, 36 km away.

IbbDhī as SufālYarīmDhamārTaiz

Topography around Bayt al Faqīh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bayt al Faqīh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 131 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 261 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,925 m.

The land around Bayt al Faqīh is covered by cropland (50%) and bare terrain (33%) within 3 km, cropland (56%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and shrubs (23%), bare terrain (23%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
261 m
80 km
2,925 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Zabīd 36 km · Al Ḩudaydah 51 km · Bājil 60 km · Ibb 111 km · Dhī as Sufāl 114 km · Yarīm 116 km · Dhamār 116 km · Taiz 128 km

Yemen travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / D / G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 7% of US
price level, 2013
GDP per capita
$634
2018
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2013
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 402
Religion
Muslim 99%other 1%

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 Bayt al Faqīh (14.5163°, 43.3245°, elevation 151 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).