Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanandaj 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.
August is a very hot month in Sanandaj: daytime highs average 35.1°C and nights cool to about 18.3°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 Qorveh (75 km away). In August its highs average 32.7°C, 2.4°C cooler than Sanandaj, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sanandaj ranks joint 54th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 36th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Sanandaj is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.3 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
Sanandaj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 64 | 9.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 67 | 9.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 76 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 62 | 10.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 35.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 26 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.1°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 57 | 8.2 | 9.810 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
- Qorveh in AugustIran · 75 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Marīvān in AugustIran · 77 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kermanshah in AugustIran · 111 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Saqqez in AugustIran · 123 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Bāneh in AugustIran · 126 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in AugustIran · 141 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in AugustIraq · 145 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Hamadān in AugustIran · 149 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 1.4 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 Sanandaj) is explained once on the Sanandaj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.