Climate averages 1991–2020
Behbahān weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Behbahān: daytime highs average 43.8°C and nights cool to about 27.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the joint 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 Dogonbadan (59 km away). In August its highs average 41.0°C, 2.8°C cooler than Behbahān, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Behbahān ranks 11th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 69th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Behbahān is 8.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 40.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 1.4 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
Behbahān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 115 | 9.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 71 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.3°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 70 | 5.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 27 | 3.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 5.9 | 0.8 | 13.714 h |
| June | 42.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 44.1°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 43.8°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 1.4 | 0.6 | 13.313 h |
| September | 40.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 1.4 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 79 | 5.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 118 | 7.4 | 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
- Dogonbadan in AugustIran · 59 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 25.6°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Rāmhormoz in AugustIran · 97 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 29.5°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Bandar-e Māhshahr in AugustIran · 101 kmHigh 45.9°C · Low 30.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in AugustIran · 111 kmHigh 41.4°C · Low 31.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Yasuj in AugustIran · 129 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Īz̄eh in AugustIran · 142 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ahvaz in AugustIran · 169 kmHigh 47.0°C · Low 30.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Masjed Soleymān in AugustIran · 174 kmHigh 45.0°C · Low 28.9°C · 0.5 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 Behbahān) is explained once on the Behbahān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.