Climate averages 1991–2020
Mahābād weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mahābād: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naqadeh (37 km away). In August its highs average 32.2°C, 1.6°C cooler than Mahābād, with 1.5 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Mahābād ranks 78th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 67th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Mahābād is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 2.6 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
Mahābād climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 42 | 7.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 48 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 57 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 50 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 34 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 7.0 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 33.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 18 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 38 | 6.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 41 | 6.8 | 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
- Naqadeh in AugustIran · 37 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in AugustIran · 41 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Būkān in AugustIran · 51 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Piranshahr in AugustIran · 52 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Bonāb in AugustIran · 71 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Saqqez in AugustIran · 75 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AugustIraq · 83 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in AugustIran · 84 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 19.1°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 Mahābād) is explained once on the Mahābād year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.