Mahdishahr weather in August

In August, Mahdishahr sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 17 mm of rain across 4.9 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Mahdishahr's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mahdishahr's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
17°
11th coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
4.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:20 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
21%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.9
out of 10

Mahdishahr is city in Semnan 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 28°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical August day in Mahdishahr reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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 Mahdishahr

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mahdishahr 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 / -5°245.96.59.90.0
Feb / -4°316.96.610.60.0
Mar / 509.2711.71.5
Apr14° / 5910.72.712.94.3
May20° / 11°5712.20.313.96.2
Jun25° / 15°287.9014.47.5
Jul28° / 18°195.1014.27.5
Aug27° / 17°174.9013.37.9
Sep24° / 14°225.8012.28.1
Oct17° / 2970.611.16.3
Nov / 306.94.310.12.2
Dec / -3°235.95.89.60.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 4%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1973
2973
3973
4973
5973
6973
7973
8973
9973
10973
11973
12973
13973
14973
15973
16973
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22955
23955
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27955
28946
29946
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31946

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mahdishahr gets around 17 mm of rain over 4.9 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 15% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
115
215
315
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515
615
715
814
914
1014
1114
1214
1314
1414
1514
1614
1714
1814
1915
2015
2116
2216
2317
2417
2517
2618
2718
2818
2918
3018
3118

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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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28515
38515
48416
58416
68416
78416
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118416
128515
138515
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229010
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24919
25919
26928
27928
28937
29937
30946
31946

Wind in August

Winds average 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 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 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:08 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:086:57
213.85:096:57
313.85:096:56
413.75:106:55
513.75:116:54
613.75:126:53
713.75:136:52
813.65:136:51
913.65:146:50
1013.65:156:48
1113.55:166:47
1213.55:176:46
1313.55:176:45
1413.45:186:44
1513.45:196:43
1613.45:206:42
1713.35:216:40
1813.35:216:39
1913.35:226:38
2013.25:236:37
2113.25:246:35
2213.25:256:34
2313.15:256:33
2413.15:266:31
2513.05:276:30
2613.05:286:29
2713.05:296:27
2812.95:296:26
2912.95:306:24
3012.95:316:23
3112.85:326:22

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.85 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 6.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Mahdishahr?

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

7.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Mahdishahr for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mahdishahr in August

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

In August, Mahdishahr sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mahdishahr 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 Mahdishahr peaks around July 19 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 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 19UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar5Moderate
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Mahdishahr 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 Mahdishahr is worst in December — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 22 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorDec 1944 µg/m³Jul 1822 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar39Poor
Apr38Poor
May33Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct36Poor
Nov41Poor
Dec45Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mahdishahr?

Mahdishahr sits at 35.7°N, 53.4°E, 1,600 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Semnan, 15 km away.

DāmghānNekāGarmsār

Topography around Mahdishahr

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mahdishahr has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 628 m around an average of 1,736 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,150 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,814 m.

The land around Mahdishahr is covered by bare terrain (79%) within 3 km, bare terrain (64%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (56%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
628 m
16 km
2,150 m
80 km
3,814 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Semnan 15 km · Fīrūzkūh 53 km · Zīr Āb 62 km · Qā’em Shahr 95 km · Sari 98 km · Dāmghān 103 km · Nekā 105 km · Garmsār 107 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 Mahdishahr (35.7107°, 53.3539°, elevation 1,600 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).