Climate averages 1991–2020
Salmās 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 Salmās: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khūy (42 km away). In August its highs average 33.0°C, 1.9°C warmer than Salmās, with 5.6 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Salmās ranks joint 108th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 115th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Salmās is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 16 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
Salmās climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 27 | 6.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.5°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.1°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 54 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 66 | 12.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 81 | 16.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 42 | 9.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 18 | 4.1 | 14.515 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 12 | 2.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 16 | 3.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 30 | 7.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.6°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 31 | 5.8 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.3°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 27 | 6.6 | 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
- Khūy in AugustIran · 42 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in AugustIran · 77 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Yüksekova in AugustTurkey · 81 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Hakkâri in AugustTurkey · 113 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Sahand in AugustIran · 121 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Van in AugustTurkey · 125 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in AugustAzerbaijan · 126 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Tabriz in AugustIran · 134 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 7.7 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 Salmās) is explained once on the Salmās year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.