Dārāb weather in August

In August, Dārāb sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dārāb's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dārāb's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
5:25 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
17%
4th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Dārāb is city in Fars 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 36°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical August day in Dārāb reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Dārāb

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.

Dārāb weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 606.10.810.44.0
Feb15° / 535.20.1115.2
Mar18° / 505.3011.87.0
Apr24° / 12°122.3012.78.4
May31° / 17°10.3013.46.2
Jun35° / 21°00.1013.83.3
Jul37° / 24°30.9013.62.3
Aug36° / 22°30.90133.0
Sep32° / 18°00012.25.4
Oct27° / 13°10.1011.38.7
Nov20° / 121.9010.68.0
Dec15° / 393.50.110.25.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1973
2982
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5991
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dārāb gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
15
25
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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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
18974
28974
39073
49073
59073
69073
79163
89163
99163
109163
119253
129352
139352
149442
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319910

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
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106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:16 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:166:40
213.45:176:39
313.35:176:38
413.35:186:37
513.35:196:37
613.35:196:36
713.35:206:35
813.25:206:34
913.25:216:33
1013.25:216:33
1113.25:226:32
1213.15:236:31
1313.15:236:30
1413.15:246:29
1513.15:246:28
1613.05:256:27
1713.05:256:26
1813.05:266:25
1913.05:266:24
2012.95:276:23
2112.95:286:22
2212.95:286:21
2312.95:296:20
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2512.85:306:18
2612.85:306:17
2712.75:316:15
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2912.75:326:13
3012.75:326:12
3112.65:336:11

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dārāb

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Dārāb?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dārāb. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Dārāb in August

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

In August, Dārāb sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dārāb in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dārāb peaks around June 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 17UV 12Dec 21UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb7Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Dārāb 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 Dārāb is worst in July — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateJul 1736 µg/m³Nov 2017 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr35Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul37Poor
Aug26Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dārāb?

Dārāb sits at 28.8°N, 54.5°E, 1,125 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Ḩājjīābād, 45 km away.

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Topography around Dārāb

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dārāb has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 302 m around an average of 1,158 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,947 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,383 m.

The land around Dārāb is covered by bare terrain (39%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, bare terrain (43%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
302 m
16 km
1,947 m
80 km
2,383 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Ḩājjīābād 45 km · Neyrīz 54 km · Estahbān 64 km · Fasā 89 km · Jahrom 100 km · Lār 120 km · Evaz 122 km · Gerāsh 127 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 Dārāb (28.7517°, 54.5406°, elevation 1,125 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).