Climate averages 1991–2020
Bam weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Bam: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jīroft (77 km away). In August its highs average 39.8°C, 2.4°C warmer than Bam, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bam ranks 27th of 128 for the warmest August highs and 59th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Bam is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 34.6°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
Bam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 28 | 4.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 19.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 29 | 4.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 4.4 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 39.0°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 13.814 h |
| August, selected | 37.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 34.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 4.6 | 1.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 10.310 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
- Jīroft in AugustIran · 77 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Kerman in AugustIran · 180 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Zahedan in AugustIran · 247 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mīnāb in AugustIran · 252 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 29.3°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Sirjan in AugustIran · 262 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Rafsanjān in AugustIran · 270 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Bandar Abbas in AugustIran · 295 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 29.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Iranshahr in AugustIran · 311 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 1.1 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 Bam) is explained once on the Bam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.