Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shaţrah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 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 Ash Shaţrah: daytime highs average 46.3°C and nights cool to about 31.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
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 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nasiriyah (40 km away). In August its highs average 46.4°C, about as warm as Ash Shaţrah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ash Shaţrah ranks joint 8th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Ash Shaţrah is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 42.6°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 Shaţrah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 26 | 4.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 17 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 14 | 2.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 39.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 3.6 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| June | 44.2°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 46.2°C32.1°C | 32.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 46.3°C31.8°C | 31.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.6°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 25 | 3.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 23 | 4.0 | 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
- Nasiriyah in AugustIraq · 40 kmHigh 46.4°C · Low 31.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Qal‘at Sukkar in AugustIraq · 51 kmHigh 46.2°C · Low 32.0°C · 0 mm rain
- As Samawah in AugustIraq · 84 kmHigh 45.8°C · Low 30.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Ḩayy in AugustIraq · 86 kmHigh 46.1°C · Low 31.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in AugustIraq · 104 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 31.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in AugustIraq · 116 kmHigh 46.9°C · Low 32.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al-Kut in AugustIraq · 127 kmHigh 45.8°C · Low 31.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in AugustIraq · 128 kmHigh 46.9°C · Low 32.0°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 Ash Shaţrah) is explained once on the Ash Shaţrah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.