Khorramabad weather in August

In August, Khorramabad sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 17°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 36°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 94% 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 Khorramabad's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khorramabad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
17°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:43 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
10%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Khorramabad is city in Lorestan 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 34°C by the end.

A typical August day in Khorramabad reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 18°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Khorramabad

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.

Khorramabad 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°9610.46.9100.8
Feb / -2°9010.65.810.81.7
Mar13° / 10711.42.511.73.7
Apr18° / 799.7012.86.1
May25° / 10°224.5013.78.0
Jun32° / 14°10.3014.25.5
Jul36° / 18°00.10143.0
Aug35° / 17°00013.23.3
Sep31° / 13°10.2012.26.4
Oct24° / 243.4011.28.4
Nov15° / 667.90.210.35.0
Dec10° / -1°898.839.82.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 94% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Khorramabad 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

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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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
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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 5:32 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:327:13
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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 7.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.82 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Khorramabad

In seasonPeak

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

Khorramabad's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Khorramabad sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season
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Is August a good time to visit Khorramabad?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Khorramabad in August

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

In August, Khorramabad sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khorramabad 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 Khorramabad peaks around July 24 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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 highHighModerateJul 24UV 11Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Khorramabad 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 Khorramabad is worst in April — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 21 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1837 µg/m³Dec 1121 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr38Poor
May36Poor
Jun28Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khorramabad?

Khorramabad sits at 33.5°N, 48.4°E, 1,182 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Aleshtar, 43 km away.

Topography around Khorramabad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khorramabad has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 819 m around an average of 1,296 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,527 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,349 m.

The land around Khorramabad is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (52%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
819 m
16 km
1,527 m
80 km
3,349 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Aleshtar 43 km · Borūjerd 58 km · Dorūd 65 km · Kūhdasht 69 km · Poldokhtar 71 km · Nūrābād 74 km · Nahāvand 78 km · Darreh Shahr 98 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 Khorramabad (33.4878°, 48.3558°, elevation 1,182 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).