Climate averages 1991–2020
Ahar weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ahar: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 40 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Meshgīn Shahr (54 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Ahar, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ahar ranks 127th of 128 for the warmest August highs and 118th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Ahar is 8.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 32 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
Ahar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 33 | 7.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.8°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 46 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.8°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 73 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 99 | 17.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 105 | 19.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 59 | 13.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 26.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 22 | 6.3 | 14.615 h |
| August, selected | 26.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 5.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 32 | 8.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 50 | 8.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.5°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 46 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.2°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 33 | 6.4 | 9.510 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
- Meshgīn Shahr in AugustIran · 54 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Tabriz in AugustIran · 81 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Sahand in AugustIran · 102 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Ardabīl in AugustIran · 110 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Lerik in AugustAzerbaijan · 121 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Mīāneh in AugustIran · 130 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in AugustIran · 141 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Pārsābād in AugustIran · 149 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 10 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 Ahar) is explained once on the Ahar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.