Climate averages 1991–2020
Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān 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 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 21.4°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 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Shorouk (22 km away). In August its highs average 35.2°C, about as warm as Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān ranks joint 83rd 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; Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 33.3°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
Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 4.5 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 34.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 35.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 35.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 33.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 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
- El Shorouk in AugustEgypt · 22 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Bilbeis in AugustEgypt · 22 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Al-'Ubūr in AugustEgypt · 27 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Qurayn in AugustEgypt · 36 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Mashtūl as Sūq in AugustEgypt · 36 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Khānkah in AugustEgypt · 38 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 0 mm rain
- New Cairo in AugustEgypt · 40 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Zagazig in AugustEgypt · 40 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.9°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 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān) is explained once on the Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.