Climate averages 1991–2020
Dorūd weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Dorūd: daytime highs average 35.6°C and nights cool to about 21.9°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 driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borūjerd (53 km away). In August its highs average 35.2°C, about as warm as Dorūd, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Dorūd ranks joint 47th 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; Dorūd is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 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
Dorūd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 101 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| February | 6.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 100 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| March | 12.1°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 121 | 11.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 87 | 10.1 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 24 | 5.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 36.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August, selected | 35.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 19 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 15.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 69 | 7.7 | 10.510 h |
| December | 8.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 87 | 8.9 | 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
- Borūjerd in AugustIran · 53 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Alīgūdarz in AugustIran · 59 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Khorramabad in AugustIran · 65 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Arāk in AugustIran · 89 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Malāyer in AugustIran · 93 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Khomeyn in AugustIran · 96 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Nahāvand in AugustIran · 100 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Andīmeshk in AugustIran · 132 kmHigh 45.5°C · Low 29.0°C · 0.1 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 Dorūd) is explained once on the Dorūd year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.