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The warmest places in Africa in August: ranked by average high temperature

Kom Ombo tops the list at 41 °C in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in August: Kom Ombo (41 °C) , Ouargla (41 °C) , Port Sudan (41 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 7.7 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Kom Ombo Egypt 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
2 Ouargla Algeria 41 °C 41 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 390 h –
3 Port Sudan Sudan 41 °C 41 °C 29 °C 4 mm 1 358 h 31 °C
4 Esna Egypt 40 °C 40 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 373 h –
5 Girga Egypt 40 °C 40 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 373 h –
6 Sohag Egypt 39 °C 39 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 373 h –
7 El Oued Algeria 39 °C 39 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 395 h –
8 Béchar Algeria 39 °C 39 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 381 h –
9 Assiut Egypt 39 °C 39 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 374 h –
10 Kandahār Afghanistan 38 °C 38 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 393 h –
11 Djibouti Djibouti 38 °C 38 °C 30 °C 14 mm 3 347 h 30 °C
12 Biskra Algeria 38 °C 38 °C 26 °C 3 mm 1 391 h –
13 Mallawī Egypt 38 °C 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 375 h –
14 Berbera Somalia 38 °C 38 °C 31 °C 3 mm 1 349 h 29 °C
15 Kunduz Afghanistan 38 °C 38 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 401 h –
16 Al Fayyum Egypt 38 °C 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
17 Minya Egypt 37 °C 37 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 375 h –
18 Beni Mellal Morocco 37 °C 37 °C 21 °C 11 mm 4 386 h –
19 Khartoum Sudan 37 °C 37 °C 26 °C 25 mm 6 350 h –
20 Suez Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 379 h –
21 Chlef Algeria 36 °C 36 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 385 h –
22 Cairo Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
23 Zagazig Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 369 h –
24 Ismailia Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 367 h –
25 6th of October City Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
26 Marrakesh Morocco 36 °C 36 °C 19 °C 7 mm 2 389 h –
27 Taza Morocco 36 °C 36 °C 21 °C 9 mm 3 386 h –
28 Al Mansurah Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 372 h –
29 Mazār-e Sharīf Afghanistan 36 °C 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 400 h –
30 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 35 °C 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 376 h –
31 Fes Morocco 35 °C 35 °C 21 °C 7 mm 2 389 h –
32 Jalālābād Afghanistan 35 °C 35 °C 25 °C 18 mm 4 376 h –
33 Sousse Tunisia 35 °C 35 °C 22 °C 9 mm 1 389 h 27 °C
34 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 35 °C 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 374 h –
35 New Cairo Egypt 35 °C 35 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
36 Wad Medani Sudan 35 °C 35 °C 25 °C 64 mm 12 330 h –
37 Hurghada Egypt 35 °C 35 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 379 h 29 °C
38 Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria 35 °C 35 °C 21 °C 5 mm 1 381 h –
39 Damanhur Egypt 34 °C 34 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 377 h –
40 Tébessa Algeria 34 °C 34 °C 19 °C 18 mm 4 381 h –
41 Meknes Morocco 34 °C 34 °C 19 °C 5 mm 1 391 h –
42 Khouribga Morocco 34 °C 34 °C 19 °C 6 mm 2 395 h –
43 El Dibir Somalia 34 °C 34 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 321 h 29 °C
44 Az Zāwīyah Libya 34 °C 34 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 385 h 27 °C
45 Oujda Morocco 34 °C 34 °C 19 °C 7 mm 2 380 h –
46 Constantine Algeria 34 °C 34 °C 18 °C 18 mm 5 384 h –
47 Herāt Afghanistan 34 °C 34 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 386 h –
48 Djelfa Algeria 34 °C 34 °C 20 °C 14 mm 4 377 h –
49 Zliten Libya 33 °C 33 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 380 h 27 °C
50 Bordj Bou Arreridj Algeria 33 °C 33 °C 19 °C 15 mm 4 385 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

July: top 5

  1. Maseru 15 °C
  2. Botshabelo 16 °C
  3. Cape Town 16 °C
  4. Johannesburg 16 °C
  5. Krugersdorp 17 °C

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Kom Ombo 39 °C
  2. Khartoum 39 °C
  3. Esna 38 °C
  4. Girga 38 °C
  5. Port Sudan 38 °C

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in August, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.