Climate averages 1991–2020
Sulaymaniyah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Sulaymaniyah: daytime highs average 39.1°C and nights cool to about 22.3°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 (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāneh (63 km away). In August its highs average 34.0°C, 5.0°C cooler than Sulaymaniyah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sulaymaniyah ranks joint 53rd of 59 for the warmest August highs and joint 19th of 59 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 59 cities is 43.4°C; Sulaymaniyah is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 4.9°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 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
Sulaymaniyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 131 | 12.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 132 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 121 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 88 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 30 | 5.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 34.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 39.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August, selected | 39.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 38 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 83 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 108 | 10.1 | 9.810 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
- Bāneh in AugustIran · 63 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Marīvān in AugustIran · 68 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AugustIraq · 74 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Rānyah in AugustIraq · 91 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Hajiawa in AugustIraq · 94 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Kirkuk in AugustIraq · 95 kmHigh 42.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in AugustIraq · 105 kmHigh 43.2°C · Low 28.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kelar in AugustIraq · 105 kmHigh 43.5°C · Low 28.1°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 Sulaymaniyah) is explained once on the Sulaymaniyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.