Climate averages 1991–2020
Mashhad weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mashhad: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (52 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 3.3°C cooler than Mashhad, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Mashhad ranks joint 98th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 88th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Mashhad is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.3°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 2.1 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
Mashhad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 28 | 5.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 64 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 54 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 34 | 7.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 6.9 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 32.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 9.0 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 20 | 4.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 20 | 4.3 | 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
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in AugustIran · 52 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Neyshābūr in AugustIran · 73 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in AugustIran · 119 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Qūchān in AugustIran · 133 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Kāshmar in AugustIran · 156 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sabzevar in AugustIran · 173 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Shīrvān in AugustIran · 193 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Ashgabat in AugustTurkmenistan · 213 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.6 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 Mashhad) is explained once on the Mashhad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.