Ardestān weather in August

In August, Ardestān sees average daytime highs of 37°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 38°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ardestān's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ardestān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:27 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
7%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Ardestān is city in Isfahan 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 38°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ardestān reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Ardestān

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
31
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.

Ardestān 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
Jan12° / 244.71.9103.6
Feb15° / 204110.85.2
Mar20° / 2750.311.77.3
Apr25° / 14°204.1012.87.8
May31° / 19°82.1013.75.7
Jun36° / 23°10.1014.22.7
Jul38° / 26°000141.2
Aug37° / 24°00013.22.0
Sep33° / 20°00012.24.6
Oct27° / 14°41.2011.28.2
Nov18° / 193.60.310.36.9
Dec13° / 184.30.59.84.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% 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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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ardestān 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 0% 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 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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 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 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:16 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:166:57
213.65:176:56
313.65:186:55
413.65:196:54
513.65:196:53
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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 7.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.1 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Ardestān

In seasonPeak

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

Ardestān sees seasonal dust haze (July), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Oct
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Is August a good time to visit Ardestān?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ardestān.

What to pack for Ardestān in August

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

In August, Ardestān sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ardestān 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 Ardestān peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 17UV 11Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ardestān 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 Ardestān is worst in July — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1643 µg/m³Nov 2120 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar31Moderate
Apr38Poor
May38Poor
Jun36Poor
Jul45Poor
Aug33Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ardestān?

Ardestān sits at 33.4°N, 52.4°E, 1,219 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Naţanz, 44 km away.

Isfahan

Topography around Ardestān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ardestān has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 1,199 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,226 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,889 m.

The land around Ardestān is covered by bare terrain (71%) within 3 km, bare terrain (91%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
1,226 m
80 km
2,889 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Naţanz 44 km · Nā’īn 88 km · Dowlatābād 90 km · Dastgerd 92 km · Gaz-e Borkhar 95 km · Khowrzūq 95 km · Shāhīn Shahr 96 km · Isfahan 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 Ardestān (33.3794°, 52.3698°, elevation 1,219 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).