Climate averages 1991–2020

Qorveh weather
in August.

A 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 32.7°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 16.5°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Qorveh · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Qorveh: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 16.5°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 29 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanandaj (75 km away). In August its highs average 35.1°C, 2.4°C warmer than Qorveh, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Qorveh ranks 93rd of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 41st of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Qorveh is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 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. -10-50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Qorveh climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Qorveh, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 1.9°C-7.9°C-7.9°C378.210.110 h
February 3.9°C-6.5°C-6.5°C417.710.911 h
March 9.8°C-2.2°C-2.2°C539.811.912 h
April 15.8°C2.8°C2.8°C478.913.113 h
May 21.9°C7.8°C7.8°C236.114.014 h
June 29.1°C13.2°C13.2°C3.10.814.514 h
July 33.2°C16.7°C16.7°C1.20.314.314 h
August, selected 32.7°C16.5°C16.5°C0.50.213.513 h
September 27.4°C12.1°C12.1°C1.00.312.412 h
October 19.9°C6.5°C6.5°C193.711.311 h
November 10.9°C-0.2°C-0.2°C397.110.410 h
December 5.5°C-4.4°C-4.4°C346.39.810 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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 Qorveh

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