Climate averages 1991–2020
Bīrjand weather
in August.
A 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 hot month in Bīrjand: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 18.0°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 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh (268 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Bīrjand, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bīrjand ranks 95th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 31st of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Bīrjand is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 29.9°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
Bīrjand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.210 h |
| February | 12.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 45 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 17.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 45 | 7.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 20 | 4.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 29.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 5.7 | 1.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 33.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 32.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 29.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 3.0 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 10 | 2.8 | 10.511 h |
| December | 12.3°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 22 | 4.6 | 10.010 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
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in AugustIran · 268 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kāshmar in AugustIran · 273 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Zābol in AugustIran · 296 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 27.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Herāt in AugustAfghanistan · 321 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in AugustIran · 332 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kerman in AugustIran · 352 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Neyshābūr in AugustIran · 374 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Mashhad in AugustIran · 383 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 2.1 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 Bīrjand) is explained once on the Bīrjand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.