Alvand weather in August

In August, Alvand sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Alvand's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alvand's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:32 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
10%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Alvand is city in Qazvin Province, Iran.

Founded
2012

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 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical August day in Alvand reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 29 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
29
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Alvand 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 / -4°478.16.29.80.0
Feb / -2°569.35.810.60.7
Mar12° / 7211.13.911.73.2
Apr18° / 7511.20.812.95.8
May24° / 12°338.20.113.97.4
Jun30° / 16°72014.46.4
Jul33° / 18°41.3014.24.6
Aug33° / 18°30.7013.44.7
Sep29° / 15°41.2012.27.4
Oct22° / 10°305.30.111.17.9
Nov13° / 5581.910.13.8
Dec / -1°488.44.99.60.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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

Any precipitation

Alvand gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
32
42
52
62
72
82
92
102
112
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143
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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 58% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
148448
249447
349447
450437
550437
651436
751436
851436
952426
1052426
1152426
1253425
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1958384
2059374
2161363
2262353
2363343
2465332
2567312
2668302
2770282
2872262
2974242
3075232
3178211

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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510calm
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910calm
1010calm
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199calm
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279calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 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 5:20 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:207:12
213.85:217:11
313.85:227:10
413.85:227:09
513.75:237:08
613.75:247:07
713.75:257:06
813.65:267:05
913.65:277:04
1013.65:277:02
1113.65:287:01
1213.55:297:00
1313.55:306:59
1413.55:316:58
1513.45:316:57
1613.45:326:55
1713.45:336:54
1813.35:346:53
1913.35:356:52
2013.25:366:50
2113.25:366:49
2213.25:376:48
2313.15:386:46
2413.15:396:45
2513.15:406:44
2613.05:406:42
2713.05:416:41
2813.05:426:39
2912.95:436:38
3012.95:446:37
3112.85:446:35

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.8 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
27.1Intense
37.1Intense
47.1Intense
57.1Intense
67.1Intense
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286.4Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Alvand?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Alvand for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Alvand in August

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

In August, Alvand sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Alvand 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 Alvand peaks around July 19 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateJul 19UV 10Jan 10UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Alvand 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 Alvand is worst in December — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 37 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 1979 µg/m³Jul 1837 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb69Unhealthy
Mar63Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May54Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul37Poor
Aug39Poor
Sep46Poor
Oct58Unhealthy
Nov68Unhealthy
Dec80Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Alvand?

Alvand sits at 36.2°N, 50.1°E, 0 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Bīdestān, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Alvand

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alvand has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 1,241 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 357 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,124 m.

The land around Alvand is covered by cropland (55%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
357 m
80 km
4,124 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Bīdestān 7.0 km · Sharīfābād 8.0 km · Qazvin 10 km · Moḩammadīyeh 11 km · Eqbālīyeh 13 km · Maḩmūdābād Nemūneh 18 km · Tākestān 36 km · Shāl 42 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 Alvand (36.1893°, 50.0643°, elevation 0 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).