Climate averages 1991–2020
Soran 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 Soran: daytime highs average 37.0°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hajiawa (52 km away). In August its highs average 39.3°C, 2.4°C warmer than Soran, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Soran ranks 59th of 59 for the warmest August highs and 59th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Soran is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 2.8 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
Soran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 150 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 156 | 12.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 169 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 132 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 60 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 4.5 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 37.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 44 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 100 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 132 | 10.0 | 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 · 52 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Piranshahr in AugustIran · 54 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Rānyah in AugustIraq · 54 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in AugustIraq · 59 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- 'Ākra in AugustIraq · 60 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in AugustIraq · 62 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Erbil in AugustIraq · 70 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AugustIraq · 74 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.6 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 Soran) is explained once on the Soran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.