Climate averages 1991–2020
Shirbīn weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the 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 Shirbīn: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
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 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dikirnis (14 km away). In August its highs average 35.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Shirbīn, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Shirbīn ranks joint 90th 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; Shirbīn is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 33.0°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
Shirbīn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 12 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 8.5 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 34.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 6.3 | 2.0 | 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
- Dikirnis in AugustEgypt · 14 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Bilqās in AugustEgypt · 16 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Ţalkhā in AugustEgypt · 21 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Mansurah in AugustEgypt · 22 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Biyalā in AugustEgypt · 29 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 0 mm rain
- As Sinbillāwayn in AugustEgypt · 35 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Damietta in AugustEgypt · 37 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Manzalah in AugustEgypt · 39 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.1°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 Shirbīn) is explained once on the Shirbīn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.