Zag Weather in August
Zag in August
The short of it: Zag in August averages a high of 37 °C (98 °F) and a low of 25 °C (76 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 13 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 37° · low 25° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 13 h 8 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & November
Thirty years of records give Zag an average August high of 37°, a low of 25° and some 3.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 37° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 8 min in mid-August, 37 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and November.
Against its neighbours, Zag runs warmer than most and wetter than most in August. Assa, 67 km to the NNW, is 2° cooler by day.
August in Zag, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AssaGuelmim-Oued Noun | 67 km NNW | 35° | 24° | 3.0 mm |
| TarhjichtGuelmim-Oued Noun | 116 km N | 32° | 21° | 3.0 mm |
| Fam El HisnSouss-Massa | 118 km NNE | 35° | 25° | 3.0 mm |
| TindoufTindouf | 119 km ESE | 42° | 29° | 5.0 mm |
| GuelmimGuelmim-Oued Noun | 131 km NW | 31° | 19° | 2.0 mm |
| Bou IzakarnGuelmim-Oued Noun | 135 km NNW | 31° | 19° | 2.0 mm |
| MesseïedGuelmim-Oued Noun | 149 km W | 33° | 21° | 1.0 mm |
| LakhsasGuelmim-Oued Noun | 156 km NNW | 30° | 18° | 2.0 mm |