Climate averages 1991–2020
Kermanshah 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 Kermanshah: daytime highs average 36.4°C and nights cool to about 21.0°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 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eslāmābād-e Gharb (54 km away). In August its highs average 36.0°C, about as warm as Kermanshah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Kermanshah ranks joint 36th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 6th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Kermanshah is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 31.4°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
Kermanshah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 74 | 10.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.4°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 80 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 92 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 77 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August, selected | 36.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 28 | 4.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 68 | 8.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 9.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 64 | 9.0 | 9.910 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 · 54 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Īlām in AugustIran · 96 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kūhdasht in AugustIran · 100 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sanandaj in AugustIran · 111 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Qorveh in AugustIran · 116 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Nahāvand in AugustIran · 121 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Hamadān in AugustIran · 143 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Khorramabad in AugustIran · 150 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 21.5°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 Kermanshah) is explained once on the Kermanshah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.