Climate averages 1991–2020

Isfahan 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.

Average high 35.5°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 20.4°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a very hot month in Isfahan: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 20.4°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 21 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Khomeynī Shahr (13 km away). In August its highs average 35.6°C, about as warm as Isfahan, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Isfahan ranks 49th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Isfahan is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays 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. -10-50510152025303540 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

Isfahan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Isfahan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.4°C-3.4°C-3.4°C153.210.310 h
February 12.1°C-1.6°C-1.6°C122.811.011 h
March 17.3°C2.3°C2.3°C153.412.012 h
April 23.2°C8.2°C8.2°C9.83.013.013 h
May 28.8°C13.5°C13.5°C7.11.913.814 h
June 34.4°C18.6°C18.6°C0.80.314.314 h
July 36.9°C21.8°C21.8°C0.20.114.114 h
August, selected 35.5°C20.4°C20.4°C00.013.413 h
September 31.3°C15.5°C15.5°C0.20.112.412 h
October 24.4°C9.6°C9.6°C2.60.711.411 h
November 15.7°C3.0°C3.0°C152.510.511 h
December 10.2°C-1.5°C-1.5°C123.010.010 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.

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August in nearby cities

Distance from Isfahan

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 Isfahan) is explained once on the Isfahan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.