Climate averages 1991–2020
Piranshahr 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 Piranshahr: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 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 (36 km away). In August its highs average 32.2°C, about as warm as Piranshahr, with 1.5 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Piranshahr ranks 94th of 128 for the warmest August highs and 103rd of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Piranshahr is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.2 mm to 7.7 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
Piranshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 84 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 96 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 7.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 108 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 95 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 62 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 13 | 3.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 5.5 | 1.7 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 32.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 7.7 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 71 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.6°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 78 | 9.0 | 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 · 36 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Mahābād in AugustIran · 52 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Soran in AugustIraq · 54 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Rānyah in AugustIraq · 55 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AugustIraq · 58 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Hajiawa in AugustIraq · 60 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in AugustIran · 91 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in AugustIran · 95 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.7 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 Piranshahr) is explained once on the Piranshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.