Climate averages 1991–2020
Rānyah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: 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 Rānyah: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 23.2°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 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 Hajiawa (8 km away). In August its highs average 39.3°C, about as warm as Rānyah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Rānyah ranks joint 50th of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 48th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Rānyah 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 1.9 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
Rānyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 152 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 154 | 12.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.4°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 147 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 11.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 35 | 6.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 39.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 32 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 88 | 8.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 130 | 9.7 | 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
- Hajiawa in AugustIraq · 8 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AugustIraq · 24 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Soran in AugustIraq · 54 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Piranshahr in AugustIran · 55 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in AugustIraq · 67 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AugustIraq · 76 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Erbil in AugustIraq · 79 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Naqadeh in AugustIran · 90 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.5 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 Rānyah) is explained once on the Rānyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.