Climate averages 1991–2020
Rasht weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Rasht: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bandar-e Anzalī (25 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Rasht, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Rasht ranks 122nd of 128 for the warmest August highs and 128th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Rasht is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 189 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
Rasht climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 125 | 12.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 123 | 12.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 118 | 14.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 88 | 12.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.2°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 55 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 72 | 8.1 | 14.715 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 82 | 8.4 | 14.514 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 109 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 189 | 14.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 222 | 15.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 201 | 14.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 136 | 12.3 | 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
- Bandar-e Anzalī in AugustIran · 25 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Lāhījān in AugustIran · 38 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Zanjan in AugustIran · 118 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Qazvin in AugustIran · 118 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.3°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Alvand in AugustIran · 128 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Moḩammadīyeh in AugustIran · 128 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Tākestān in AugustIran · 134 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Ardabīl in AugustIran · 157 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 10 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 Rasht) is explained once on the Rasht year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.