Climate averages 1991–2020
Shūshtar weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Shūshtar: daytime highs average 46.6°C and nights cool to about 29.7°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 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masjed Soleymān (45 km away). In August its highs average 45.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Shūshtar, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Shūshtar ranks joint 3rd of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 41st of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Shūshtar is 11.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.2°C to 42.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 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
Shūshtar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.9°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 94 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 62 | 6.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 77 | 6.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 45 | 4.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 38.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 44.8°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 46.8°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 46.6°C29.7°C | 29.7°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 16 | 1.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 80 | 5.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 103 | 7.6 | 10.110 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
- Masjed Soleymān in AugustIran · 45 kmHigh 45.0°C · Low 28.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Dezful in AugustIran · 56 kmHigh 46.0°C · Low 29.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Shūsh in AugustIran · 59 kmHigh 46.8°C · Low 30.1°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Andīmeshk in AugustIran · 65 kmHigh 45.5°C · Low 29.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ahvaz in AugustIran · 83 kmHigh 47.0°C · Low 30.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Īz̄eh in AugustIran · 99 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Rāmhormoz in AugustIran · 112 kmHigh 44.7°C · Low 29.5°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Dorūd in AugustIran · 162 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.2 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 Shūshtar) is explained once on the Shūshtar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.