Climate averages 1991–2020
Zābol weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Zābol: daytime highs average 40.9°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zahedan (181 km away). In August its highs average 35.1°C, 5.8°C cooler than Zābol, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zābol ranks 16th of 128 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 128 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 128 cities is 35.2°C; Zābol is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Zābol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 15 | 3.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 25.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 15 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 41.6°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 42.9°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 40.9°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 36.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 7.3 | 1.6 | 10.210 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
- Zahedan in AugustIran · 181 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Bīrjand in AugustIran · 296 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Bam in AugustIran · 370 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Herāt in AugustAfghanistan · 375 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Kandahār in AugustAfghanistan · 406 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kerman in AugustIran · 430 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Iranshahr in AugustIran · 433 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Jīroft in AugustIran · 447 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 25.7°C · 2.8 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 Zābol) is explained once on the Zābol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.