Climate averages 1991–2020

Qom 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 37.5°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 24.2°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Qom · average highYear overview

August is a very hot month in Qom: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 24.2°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 27 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shahrak-e Pardīsān (11 km away). In August its highs average 36.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Qom, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Qom ranks 26th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Qom is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 32.9°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. -5051015202530354045 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

Qom climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qom, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 9.5°C-0.5°C-0.5°C214.610.110 h
February 12.9°C1.6°C1.6°C184.410.911 h
March 18.6°C6.5°C6.5°C255.011.912 h
April 24.9°C12.3°C12.3°C194.613.013 h
May 31.0°C17.7°C17.7°C8.82.214.014 h
June 36.3°C22.7°C22.7°C1.00.314.414 h
July 38.5°C25.5°C25.5°C0.40.114.214 h
August, selected 37.5°C24.2°C24.2°C0.20.013.513 h
September 32.9°C19.4°C19.4°C0.30.112.412 h
October 25.7°C13.5°C13.5°C5.71.511.311 h
November 16.4°C6.5°C6.5°C183.810.410 h
December 10.8°C1.8°C1.8°C194.49.910 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

Distance from Qom

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