Climate averages 1991–2020
Sahand weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sahand: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tabriz (21 km away). In August its highs average 31.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Sahand, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sahand ranks 111th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 98th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Sahand is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 2.8 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
Sahand 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-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 22 | 5.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.2°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 43 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 41 | 8.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 28 | 6.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 9.0 | 2.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 5.5 | 1.7 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 25 | 6.0 | 9.610 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
- Tabriz in AugustIran · 21 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in AugustIran · 63 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Bonāb in AugustIran · 68 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in AugustIran · 101 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Ahar in AugustIran · 102 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in AugustIran · 109 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Salmās in AugustIran · 121 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Khūy in AugustIran · 121 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 5.6 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 Sahand) is explained once on the Sahand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.