Bāfq weather in August

In August, Bāfq sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-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 100% 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 Bāfq's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bāfq's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:18 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Bāfq is city in Yazd 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 Bāfq reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 15°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 2°C cooler than July and about 3°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Bāfq

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.

Bāfq weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 174.10.710.24.5
Feb16° / 143.60.310.86.3
Mar21° / 174.4011.87.8
Apr27° / 14°92.9012.87.8
May32° / 19°30.9013.65.2
Jun37° / 23°000142.1
Jul39° / 25°00013.91.0
Aug37° / 22°00013.22.2
Sep34° / 18°00012.24.6
Oct27° / 12°20.5011.28.4
Nov20° / 71.6010.48.0
Dec15° / 142.60.2105.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August.

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

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bāfq gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August. 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

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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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 11 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 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 5:08 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.65:086:41
213.55:086:40
313.55:096:40
413.55:106:39
513.55:106:38
613.45:116:37
713.45:126:36
813.45:126:35
913.45:136:34
1013.35:146:33
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1213.35:156:32
1313.25:166:31
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1513.25:176:28
1613.25:186:27
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1913.15:206:24
2013.05:206:23
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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 7.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.45 kWh/m² to a high of 8.1 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bāfq

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Bāfq?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bāfq.

What to pack for Bāfq in August

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

In August, Bāfq sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bāfq in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Bāfq peaks around July 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 10Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Bāfq 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 Bāfq is worst in April — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 2131 µg/m³Nov 2312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May30Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bāfq?

Bāfq sits at 31.6°N, 55.4°E, 991 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Anār, 82 km away.

YazdTaftAshkez̄arRāvarZarandRafsanjān

Topography around Bāfq

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bāfq has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 994 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 475 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,315 m.

The land around Bāfq is covered by bare terrain (42%), artificial surfaces (29%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, bare terrain (94%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
475 m
80 km
2,315 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Anār 82 km · Mahrīz 91 km · Yazd 103 km · Taft 115 km · Ashkez̄ar 121 km · Rāvar 138 km · Zarand 141 km · Rafsanjān 145 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 Bāfq (31.6035°, 55.4025°, elevation 991 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).