Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandar-e Māhshahr weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Bandar-e Māhshahr: daytime highs average 45.9°C and nights cool to about 30.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni (16 km away). In August its highs average 41.4°C, 4.4°C cooler than Bandar-e Māhshahr, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bandar-e Māhshahr ranks 7th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Bandar-e Māhshahr is 10.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 42.2°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
Bandar-e Māhshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 57 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 30 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 25.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 32 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 9.9 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 4.0 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 45.0°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.3°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 45.9°C30.5°C | 30.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.2°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 6.0 | 0.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 72 | 4.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 68 | 6.0 | 10.210 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
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in AugustIran · 16 kmHigh 41.4°C · Low 31.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Abadan in AugustIran · 88 kmHigh 46.2°C · Low 31.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Rāmhormoz in AugustIran · 90 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 29.5°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Fāw in AugustIraq · 94 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 32.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in AugustIran · 97 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 31.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ahvaz in AugustIran · 97 kmHigh 47.0°C · Low 30.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Behbahān in AugustIran · 101 kmHigh 43.8°C · Low 27.8°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in AugustIraq · 126 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 31.6°C · 0.4 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 Bandar-e Māhshahr) is explained once on the Bandar-e Māhshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.