Climate averages 1991–2020
Shahrud weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Shahrud: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gonbad-e Kāvūs (94 km away). In August its highs average 34.7°C, 3.5°C warmer than Shahrud, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Shahrud 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; Shahrud is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 24 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
Shahrud climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 31 | 7.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.4°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 40 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 59 | 13.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 53 | 13.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 22 | 6.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 10 | 2.4 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 12 | 3.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 24 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 34 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 33 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.6°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 26 | 6.5 | 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
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in AugustIran · 94 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Behshahr in AugustIran · 131 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Semnan in AugustIran · 170 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Sari in AugustIran · 172 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in AugustIran · 189 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Bābol in AugustIran · 206 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Āmol in AugustIran · 235 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in AugustIran · 240 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 4.1 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 Shahrud) is explained once on the Shahrud year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.