Climate averages 1991–2020
Saqqez 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 Saqqez: daytime highs average 34.2°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Būkān (31 km away). In August its highs average 35.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Saqqez, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Saqqez ranks 72nd of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 60th of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Saqqez is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 2.2 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
Saqqez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 59 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.6°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 66 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 71 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 62 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 4.9 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 34.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 7.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 51 | 8.2 | 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
- Būkān in AugustIran · 31 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Bāneh in AugustIran · 45 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mahābād in AugustIran · 75 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in AugustIran · 81 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Marīvān in AugustIran · 82 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AugustIraq · 103 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in AugustIraq · 107 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Naqadeh in AugustIran · 111 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.5 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 Saqqez) is explained once on the Saqqez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.