Khvāf weather in August

In August, Khvāf sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°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 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 Khvāf's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khvāf's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
4:54 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
1%
1st clearest
Wind
23 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Khvāf is city in Razavi 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 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical August day in Khvāf reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Khvāf

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.

Khvāf weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°346.22.19.92.0
Feb11° / 4271.610.73.2
Mar17° / 427.50.811.75.9
Apr24° / 12°214.60.112.87.8
May30° / 18°61.6013.86.5
Jun34° / 22°10.2014.34.1
Jul35° / 24°00014.13.2
Aug34° / 22°00013.34.2
Sep30° / 17°00012.26.8
Oct24° / 11°20.6011.19.2
Nov17° / 112.60.210.26.5
Dec11° / 214.119.73.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

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

Khvāf 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

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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 23 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 4:43 AM to 5:06 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.74:436:28
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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 2.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.99 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Khvāf

In seasonPeak

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

Khvāf sees seasonal dust haze (April–July), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Khvāf?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Khvāf in August

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

In August, Khvāf sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

UV index in Khvāf 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 Khvāf peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr7Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Khvāf 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 Khvāf is worst in July — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (January, 17 µg/m³).

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

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PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr36Poor
May38Poor
Jun34Moderate
Jul41Poor
Aug35Poor
Sep38Poor
Oct31Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khvāf?

Khvāf sits at 34.6°N, 60.1°E, 975 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Tāybād, 61 km away.

Torbat-e ḨeydarīyehQā’enGonābādMarāghehKāshmar

Topography around Khvāf

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khvāf has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m around an average of 990 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 623 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,210 m.

The land around Khvāf is covered by bare terrain (69%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
262 m
16 km
623 m
80 km
2,210 m
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August weather nearby: Tāybād 61 km · Eslam Qaleh 85 km · Torbat-e Jām 86 km · Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 114 km · Qā’en 129 km · Gonābād 136 km · Marāgheh 147 km · Kāshmar 170 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 Khvāf (34.5763°, 60.1409°, elevation 975 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).