Climate averages 1991–2020
Īlām weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the 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 Īlām: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
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 Eslāmābād-e Gharb (53 km away). In August its highs average 36.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Īlām, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Īlām ranks 51st 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; Īlām is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.1 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
Īlām climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 89 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 8.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 88 | 10.6 | 11.011 h |
| March | 13.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 96 | 11.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.9°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 67 | 9.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 25.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 21 | 4.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 35.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 35.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 31 | 4.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 73 | 7.9 | 10.510 h |
| December | 9.8°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 78 | 8.6 | 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
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in AugustIran · 53 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kermanshah in AugustIran · 96 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kūhdasht in AugustIran · 111 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in AugustIraq · 124 kmHigh 43.7°C · Low 28.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al-Kut in AugustIraq · 137 kmHigh 45.8°C · Low 31.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in AugustIraq · 142 kmHigh 44.8°C · Low 30.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kelar in AugustIraq · 150 kmHigh 43.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- An Nu‘mānīyah in AugustIraq · 153 kmHigh 45.8°C · Low 31.1°C · 0 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 Īlām) is explained once on the Īlām year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.