Climate averages 1991–2020
Qeładizê weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the 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 Qeładizê: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
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 Rānyah (24 km away). In August its highs average 39.2°C, about as warm as Qeładizê, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Qeładizê ranks joint 50th of 59 for the warmest August highs and 58th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Qeładizê is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.1 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
Qeładizê climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 155 | 12.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.1°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 161 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 157 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 113 | 12.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 | 7.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 39.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 39 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 94 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 133 | 10.4 | 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
- Rānyah in AugustIraq · 24 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Hajiawa in AugustIraq · 31 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Piranshahr in AugustIran · 58 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Bāneh in AugustIran · 71 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in AugustIraq · 74 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Soran in AugustIraq · 74 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Mahābād in AugustIran · 83 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in AugustIraq · 89 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.7°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 Qeładizê) is explained once on the Qeładizê year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.