Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Sharqāt weather
in August.
A very 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 very hot month in Ash Sharqāt: daytime highs average 42.6°C and nights cool to about 28.2°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 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bayjī (70 km away). In August its highs average 43.4°C, 0.8°C warmer than Ash Sharqāt, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Sharqāt ranks 40th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 19th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Ash Sharqāt is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 38.0°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
Ash Sharqāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 45 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 38 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 22 | 4.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.7 | 1.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 39.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 42.9°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 42.6°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 30 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 39 | 6.0 | 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
- Bayjī in AugustIraq · 70 kmHigh 43.4°C · Low 29.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in AugustIraq · 91 kmHigh 42.2°C · Low 26.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Xebat in AugustIraq · 94 kmHigh 41.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Erbil in AugustIraq · 103 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kirkuk in AugustIraq · 106 kmHigh 42.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in AugustIraq · 112 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AugustIraq · 115 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Sīnah in AugustIraq · 145 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.4 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 Ash Sharqāt) is explained once on the Ash Sharqāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.