Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shuhadā’ 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 Ash Shuhadā’: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 21.7°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 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Talā (10 km away). In August its highs average 35.7°C, about as warm as Ash Shuhadā’, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Ash Shuhadā’ 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; Ash Shuhadā’ is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 34.4°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
Ash Shuhadā’ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 4.6 | 1.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 5.0 | 1.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 35.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 2.7 | 0.7 | 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
- Talā in AugustEgypt · 10 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Shibīn al Kawm in AugustEgypt · 12 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Munūf in AugustEgypt · 15 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Sirs al Layyānah in AugustEgypt · 18 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Tanta in AugustEgypt · 23 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Kafr az Zayyāt in AugustEgypt · 27 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Banhā in AugustEgypt · 31 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Ashmūn in AugustEgypt · 34 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 22.0°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 Ash Shuhadā’) is explained once on the Ash Shuhadā’ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Shibīn al Kawm, Munūf and Sirs al Layyānah lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.