Ahar weather in August

In August, Ahar sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 20 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ahar's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ahar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
20 mm
5.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:41 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover
31%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Ahar is city in East Azerbaijan 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ahar reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Ahar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Ahar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -9°3377.29.60.0
Feb / -7°458.78.510.50.0
Mar / -3°73138.911.71.1
Apr13° / 9917.34.5133.0
May18° / 10519.90.614.14.6
Jun22° / 10°5913.2014.66.5
Jul24° / 13°226.1014.48.0
Aug25° / 12°205.7013.58.1
Sep22° / 328.20.112.37.3
Oct16° / 508.91.5115.3
Nov / -2°4674.59.91.6
Dec / -6°346.46.19.40.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ahar gets around 20 mm of rain over 5.7 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 19% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
116
216
316
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516
616
716
816
917
1017
1117
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1618
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2019
2120
2220
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 75% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
168302
269292
370291
471281
571281
671281
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3187130

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:27 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 7:28 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:277:28
214.05:287:27
314.05:297:26
413.95:307:25
513.95:317:24
613.95:327:23
713.85:327:22
813.85:337:21
913.85:347:20
1013.75:357:19
1113.75:367:17
1213.75:377:16
1313.65:387:15
1413.65:397:14
1513.55:407:12
1613.55:417:11
1713.55:417:10
1813.45:427:08
1913.45:437:07
2013.45:447:06
2113.35:457:04
2213.35:467:03
2313.25:477:01
2413.25:487:00
2513.25:496:58
2613.15:506:57
2713.15:516:55
2813.05:526:54
2913.05:526:52
3013.05:536:51
3112.95:546:49

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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276.0Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ahar

In seasonPeak

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

Ahar's rainy season runs March–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ahar?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Ahar for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ahar in August

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

In August, Ahar sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Ahar in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ahar peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 11Dec 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ahar 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 Ahar is worst in May — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1029 µg/m³Nov 2316 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May29Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ahar?

Ahar sits at 38.5°N, 47.1°E, 1,336 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Meshgīn Shahr, 54 km away.

KapanSahandOskū

Topography around Ahar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ahar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m around an average of 1,356 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,723 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,565 m.

The land around Ahar is covered by artificial surfaces (33%), cropland (32%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (64%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
130 m
16 km
1,723 m
80 km
4,565 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Meshgīn Shahr 54 km · Sarāb 72 km · Bostānābād 73 km · Tabriz 81 km · Sardrūd 95 km · Kapan 99 km · Sahand 102 km · Oskū 104 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 Ahar (38.4774°, 47.0699°, elevation 1,336 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).