Mahābād weather in August

In August, Mahābād sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°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 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 Mahābād's 2nd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mahābād's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:49 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
12%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Mahābād is city in West Azerbaijan 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 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical August day in Mahābād reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Mahābād

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.

Mahābād weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°427.26.59.80.0
Feb / -3°488610.60.6
Mar12° / 579.43.111.73.1
Apr17° / 509.80.412.95.7
May24° / 11°358.1013.97.4
Jun30° / 16°72.2014.56.5
Jul33° / 19°30.9014.34.5
Aug33° / 18°10.3013.44.5
Sep29° / 13°30.9012.27.4
Oct22° / 184.30.1118.0
Nov13° / 386.51103.9
Dec / -3°416.74.49.50.6

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

Any precipitation

Mahābād gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
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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 (%)
1973
2973
3973
4973
5973
6973
7973
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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59calm
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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 5:36 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:367:30
213.95:377:29
313.85:387:28
413.85:397:27
513.85:397:26
613.75:407:25
713.75:417:24
813.75:427:23
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1013.65:447:21
1113.65:457:20
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1313.55:467:17
1413.55:477:16
1513.55:487:15
1613.45:497:14
1713.45:507:12
1813.35:507:11
1913.35:517:10
2013.35:527:09
2113.25:537:07
2213.25:547:06
2313.25:557:04
2413.15:557:03
2513.15:567:02
2613.15:577:00
2713.05:586:59
2813.05:596:57
2912.96:006:56
3012.96:006:54
3112.96:016:53

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.19 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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47.5Intense
57.4Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Mahābād?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mahābād in August

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

In August, Mahābād sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mahābād 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 Mahābād peaks around July 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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 highModerateJul 12UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Mahābād 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 Mahābād is worst in May — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1035 µg/m³Dec 1723 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May35Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mahābād?

Mahābād sits at 36.8°N, 45.7°E, 1,324 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Naqadeh, 37 km away.

Topography around Mahābād

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mahābād has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m around an average of 1,401 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,156 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,015 m.

The land around Mahābād is covered by grassland (46%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, grassland (75%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
366 m
16 km
1,156 m
80 km
3,015 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Naqadeh 37 km · Mīāndoāb 41 km · Būkān 51 km · Piranshahr 52 km · Malekān 54 km · Oshnavīyeh 63 km · Bonāb 71 km · Sardasht 71 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 Mahābād (36.7631°, 45.7222°, elevation 1,324 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).