Climate averages 1991–2020
Abū Kabīr weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Abū Kabīr: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hihyā (10 km away). In August its highs average 35.9°C, about as warm as Abū Kabīr, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Abū Kabīr ranks joint 66th of 107 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 107 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 107 cities is 36.4°C; Abū Kabīr is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abū Kabīr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 5.9 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 7.2 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 5.7 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 2.7 | 0.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 35.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 21.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 3.5 | 0.9 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Hihyā in AugustEgypt · 10 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Fāqūs in AugustEgypt · 12 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Qurayn in AugustEgypt · 14 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Zagazig in AugustEgypt · 22 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Diyarb Najm in AugustEgypt · 22 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- As Sinbillāwayn in AugustEgypt · 27 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Bilbeis in AugustEgypt · 35 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Minyā al Qamḩ in AugustEgypt · 39 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abū Kabīr) is explained once on the Abū Kabīr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Fāqūs lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.