Climate averages 1991–2020
Erbil weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Erbil: daytime highs average 41.2°C and nights cool to about 25.5°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 driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khasnahzān (12 km away). In August its highs average 39.8°C, 1.4°C cooler than Erbil, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Erbil ranks 44th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 41st of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Erbil is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 5.0°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
Erbil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 102 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 94 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 93 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 62 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 22 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 37.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 41.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 36.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 26 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 64 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 87 | 8.4 | 9.710 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
- Khasnahzān in AugustIraq · 12 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AugustIraq · 14 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Xebat in AugustIraq · 32 kmHigh 41.6°C · Low 25.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- 'Ākra in AugustIraq · 61 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Soran in AugustIraq · 70 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Hajiawa in AugustIraq · 71 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Rānyah in AugustIraq · 79 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in AugustIraq · 83 kmHigh 42.2°C · Low 26.9°C · 0.1 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 Erbil) is explained once on the Erbil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Baḥarkah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.