Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonbad-e Kāvūs weather
in August.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Gonbad-e Kāvūs: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shahrud (94 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 3.5°C cooler than Gonbad-e Kāvūs, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Gonbad-e Kāvūs ranks 64th of 128 for the warmest August highs and 120th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Gonbad-e Kāvūs is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 36 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
Gonbad-e Kāvūs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 52 | 7.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 8.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 78 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 63 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 34 | 5.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 4.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 34.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 34.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 33 | 5.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 35 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 36 | 5.9 | 9.710 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
- Shahrud in AugustIran · 94 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Behshahr in AugustIran · 156 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in AugustIran · 193 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Sari in AugustIran · 202 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in AugustIran · 222 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Bābol in AugustIran · 235 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Semnan in AugustIran · 245 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Shīrvān in AugustIran · 245 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.6 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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs) is explained once on the Gonbad-e Kāvūs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.