Climate averages 1991–2020

Iranshahr weather
in August.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 41.0°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 26.0°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 1.1 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a very hot month in Iranshahr: daytime highs average 41.0°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zahedan (256 km away). In August its highs average 35.1°C, 5.9°C cooler than Iranshahr, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Iranshahr ranks joint 14th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 60th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Iranshahr is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 38.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.1 mm to under 1 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Iranshahr climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Iranshahr, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 20.1°C7.1°C7.1°C212.910.611 h
February 23.0°C9.3°C9.3°C172.711.211 h
March 27.5°C13.3°C13.3°C202.912.012 h
April 34.0°C18.6°C18.6°C4.30.612.813 h
May 39.4°C23.5°C23.5°C0.30.113.513 h
June 42.2°C26.4°C26.4°C1.20.313.814 h
July 42.2°C27.5°C27.5°C1.80.513.714 h
August, selected 41.0°C26.0°C26.0°C1.10.413.113 h
September 38.3°C22.3°C22.3°C0.10.012.312 h
October 33.6°C18.0°C18.0°C2.50.311.512 h
November 27.1°C12.4°C12.4°C2.70.710.811 h
December 22.3°C8.2°C8.2°C101.610.510 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

Distance from Iranshahr

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Iranshahr) is explained once on the Iranshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.