Ābdānān weather in August

In August, Ābdānān sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ābdānān's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ābdānān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:48 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
6%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Ābdānān is city in Ilam Province, Iran.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ābdānān reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Ābdānān

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
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27 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
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wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ābdānān weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 12710.41.410.13.0
Feb13° / 1059.60.810.83.9
Mar18° / 1229.50.111.76.0
Apr23° / 12°918.4012.87.3
May31° / 17°213.6013.75.7
Jun37° / 21°10.3014.11.9
Jul40° / 24°00.10140.1
Aug40° / 24°00013.20.2
Sep36° / 19°10.3012.23.1
Oct28° / 15°373.5011.27.1
Nov19° / 1037.8010.36.5
Dec14° / 12190.49.94.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ābdānān gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

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Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.85 kWh/m² to a high of 8.02 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.4 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ābdānān

In seasonPeak

None of Ābdānān's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ābdānān's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Ābdānān sees seasonal dust haze (March–May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season
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Is August a good time to visit Ābdānān?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ābdānān.

What to pack for Ābdānān in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Ābdānān sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ābdānān in August

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Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ābdānān peaks around June 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ābdānān in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ābdānān is worst in April — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 26 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 2142 µg/m³Nov 2326 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar39Poor
Apr42Poor
May41Poor
Jun35Poor
Jul35Poor
Aug33Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ābdānān?

Ābdānān sits at 33.0°N, 47.4°E, 889 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Darreh Shahr, 17 km away.

KhorramabadAndīmeshkDezful

Topography around Ābdānān

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ābdānān.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ābdānān has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 674 m around an average of 973 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,800 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,758 m.

The land around Ābdānān is covered by grassland (45%) and bare terrain (34%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and bare terrain (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and bare terrain (25%) within 80 km.

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August weather nearby: Darreh Shahr 17 km · Poldokhtar 32 km · Dehlorān 36 km · Kūhdasht 63 km · ‘Alī al Gharbī 90 km · Khorramabad 103 km · Andīmeshk 105 km · Dezful 115 km

Iran travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 352% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,924
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
94%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2014
Road deaths
21.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 492
Religion
Muslim 99%Christian 1%Baha'i 0%agnostic 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ābdānān (32.9926°, 47.4198°, elevation 889 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).