Esfarāyen weather in August

In August, Esfarāyen sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 30°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 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Esfarāyen's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esfarāyen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
11th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:01 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
7%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Esfarāyen is city in North Khorasan 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 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical August day in Esfarāyen reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Esfarāyen

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 9 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
9
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.

Esfarāyen 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
Jan / -4°244.94.29.70.0
Feb / -2°295.53.610.60.7
Mar12° / 407.92.911.73.4
Apr19° / 266.50.612.96.6
May25° / 13°174.60147.9
Jun30° / 17°61.9014.56.4
Jul32° / 20°40.8014.35.2
Aug31° / 18°20.4013.45.9
Sep27° / 14°20.7012.38.4
Oct21° / 72.10118.2
Nov12° / 143.90.9104.1
Dec / -1°143.92.19.50.7

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 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Esfarāyen gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 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 (%)
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22
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52
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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19361
29361
39361
49361
59361
69361
79361
89361
99361
109361
119361
129460
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219640
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289820
299820
309820
319820

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min 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 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 4:48 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:06 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.94:486:44
213.94:496:43
313.94:506:42
413.84:516:41
513.84:526:40
613.84:536:39
713.74:536:38
813.74:546:37
913.74:556:35
1013.64:566:34
1113.64:576:33
1213.64:586:32
1313.54:596:31
1413.54:596:30
1513.55:006:28
1613.45:016:27
1713.45:026:26
1813.45:036:24
1913.35:046:23
2013.35:046:22
2113.35:056:20
2213.25:066:19
2313.25:076:18
2413.15:086:16
2513.15:096:15
2613.15:106:13
2713.05:106:12
2813.05:116:11
2912.95:126:09
3012.95:136:08
3112.95:146:06

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.58 kWh/m² to a high of 7.71 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.4Intense
77.4Intense
87.4Intense
97.4Intense
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246.9Intense
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276.8Intense
286.8Intense
296.7Intense
306.7Intense
316.6Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Esfarāyen?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
8.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Esfarāyen in August

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

In August, Esfarāyen sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Esfarāyen 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 Esfarāyen peaks around July 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 18UV 11Dec 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Esfarāyen 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 Esfarāyen is worst in September — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateSep 1630 µg/m³Dec 2317 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May30Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Esfarāyen?

Esfarāyen sits at 37.1°N, 57.5°E, 1,253 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Bojnūrd, 47 km away.

JājarmArkadagAshgabat

Topography around Esfarāyen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esfarāyen has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 447 m around an average of 1,287 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,679 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,483 m.

The land around Esfarāyen is covered by bare terrain (39%), cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (43%), cropland (31%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (41%), grassland (34%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
447 m
16 km
1,679 m
80 km
2,483 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Bojnūrd 47 km · Shīrvān 51 km · Āshkhāneh 75 km · Qūchān 89 km · Sabzevar 97 km · Jājarm 101 km · Arkadag 121 km · Ashgabat 124 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 Esfarāyen (37.0765°, 57.5101°, elevation 1,253 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).