Khāsh weather in August

In August, Khāsh sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-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 89% 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 Khāsh's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khāsh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
21°
10th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
4:59 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
13%
3rd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Khāsh is city in Sistan and Baluchestan 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 Khāsh reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 38°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 Khāsh

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.

Khāsh weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 314.110.45.4
Feb17° / 223.7116.6
Mar21° / 203.911.88.0
Apr27° / 15°51.112.77.9
May33° / 19°10.413.44.9
Jun36° / 22°10.213.82.8
Jul37° / 23°10.413.62.0
Aug36° / 21°20.2133.0
Sep33° / 17°00.112.25.2
Oct28° / 13°10.311.38.5
Nov21° / 30.810.68.8
Dec17° / 122.110.27.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 89% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 6%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
28911
38911
49010
59010
69010
79010
89010
9928
10928
11928
12937
13946
14946
15955
16955
17955
18964
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21964
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23973
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25973
26973
27982
28982
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30982
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Khāsh gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
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61
71
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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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
195311
295311
395311
495311
595311
695311
795311
896211
996211
1096211
1196211
1297201
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1498101
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2999100
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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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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510calm
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1210calm
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1510calm
169calm
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269calm
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309calm
319calm

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 4:50 AM to 5:07 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.44:506:12
213.34:516:11
313.34:526:11
413.34:526:10
513.34:536:09
613.34:536:08
713.24:546:08
813.24:546:07
913.24:556:06
1013.24:566:05
1113.14:566:04
1213.14:576:03
1313.14:576:02
1413.14:586:02
1513.04:586:01
1613.04:596:00
1713.04:595:59
1813.05:005:58
1912.95:005:57
2012.95:015:56
2112.95:015:55
2212.95:025:54
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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 7.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Khāsh

In seasonPeak

In August, Khāsh sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Khāsh sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is August a good time to visit Khāsh?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Khāsh in August

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

In August, Khāsh sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khāsh in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khāsh peaks around July 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 19UV 13Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb8Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr9Very high
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov5High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Khāsh 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 Khāsh is worst in July — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (January, 16 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 2044 µg/m³Jan 1016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun31Moderate
Jul45Poor
Aug40Poor
Sep32Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khāsh?

Khāsh sits at 28.2°N, 61.2°E, 1,413 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Iranshahr, 125 km away.

IranshahrSarāvānZahedanJālqQaşr-e QandNīkshahrPīshīnBaravāt

Topography around Khāsh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khāsh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 1,414 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 898 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,222 m.

The land around Khāsh is covered by bare terrain (54%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
196 m
16 km
898 m
80 km
3,222 m
grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Iranshahr 125 km · Sarāvān 145 km · Zahedan 146 km · Jālq 162 km · Qaşr-e Qand 224 km · Nīkshahr 243 km · Pīshīn 244 km · Baravāt 290 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 Khāsh (28.2211°, 61.2158°, elevation 1,413 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).