Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zubayr weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Az Zubayr: daytime highs average 46.7°C and nights cool to about 31.5°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 (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basrah (15 km away). In August its highs average 46.8°C, about as warm as Az Zubayr, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Az Zubayr ranks 4th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 55th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Az Zubayr is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 42.9°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
Az Zubayr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 33 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| February | 21.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 18 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 24 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 4.6 | 0.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 44.9°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.6°C32.0°C | 32.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| August, selected | 46.7°C31.5°C | 31.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 42.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 6.7 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 32 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 31 | 4.4 | 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
- Basrah in AugustIraq · 15 kmHigh 46.8°C · Low 31.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in AugustIraq · 18 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 31.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in AugustIraq · 45 kmHigh 46.3°C · Low 31.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in AugustIran · 47 kmHigh 46.6°C · Low 31.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Abadan in AugustIran · 58 kmHigh 46.2°C · Low 31.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in AugustIraq · 74 kmHigh 46.9°C · Low 32.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Madīnah in AugustIraq · 76 kmHigh 46.9°C · Low 32.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Fāw in AugustIraq · 88 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 32.3°C · 0 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 Az Zubayr) is explained once on the Az Zubayr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Basrah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.