Petra Weather in August
Petra in August
The short of it: Petra in August averages a high of 32 °C (89 °F) and a low of 20 °C (67 °F), with 17 mm (0.67 in) of rain and about 13 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 32° · low 20° · rain 17 mm · daylight 13 h 43 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Petra an average August high of 32°, a low of 20° and some 17 mm of rain. No month in Petra runs warmer: highs about 32°. Rain is modest, about 17 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 43 min in mid-August, 59 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Petra runs cooler than most and wetter than most in August. Sineu, 9 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Petra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 10 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SineuBalearic Islands | 9 km WNW | 31° | 20° | 17 mm |
| ManacorBalearic Islands | 10 km ESE | 32° | 20° | 16 mm |
| Santa MargalidaBalearic Islands | 10 km N | 32° | 20° | 18 mm |
| MontuïriBalearic Islands | 12 km WSW | 32° | 19° | 16 mm |
| PorreresBalearic Islands | 14 km SW | 32° | 20° | 15 mm |
| MuroBalearic Islands | 15 km NNW | 32° | 20° | 19 mm |
| FelanitxBalearic Islands | 16 km S | 32° | 20° | 15 mm |
| Can PicafortBalearic Islands | 17 km NNE | 31° | 20° | 19 mm |