Maḩmūdābād weather in August

In August, Maḩmūdābād sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 36 mm of rain across 7.3 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Maḩmūdābād's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maḩmūdābād's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
26°
12th coldest
Rainfall
36 mm
7.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:23 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
31%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Maḩmūdābād is capital city of Mahmudabad County, Mazandaran 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Maḩmūdābād reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Maḩmūdābād

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 16 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
16
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.

Maḩmūdābād weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 79109.83.1
Feb11° / 689.810.62.8
Mar13° / 10°649.911.73.6
Apr16° / 14°407.812.95.5
May21° / 18°245.613.97.3
Jun25° / 23°26514.58.0
Jul28° / 26°316.114.27.3
Aug28° / 26°367.313.46.7
Sep26° / 24°10510.912.26.9
Oct23° / 20°12810.911.16.9
Nov18° / 15°12611.2105.5
Dec14° / 12°899.99.54.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Maḩmūdābād gets around 36 mm of rain over 7.3 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 24% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
119
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822
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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20164737
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Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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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 5:10 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:107:04
213.95:117:03
313.85:127:02
413.85:137:01
513.85:147:00
613.75:146:59
713.75:156:58
813.75:166:57
913.65:176:56
1013.65:186:54
1113.65:196:53
1213.55:196:52
1313.55:206:51
1413.55:216:50
1513.45:226:49
1613.45:236:47
1713.45:246:46
1813.35:246:45
1913.35:256:43
2013.35:266:42
2113.25:276:41
2213.25:286:39
2313.25:296:38
2413.15:296:37
2513.15:306:35
2613.05:316:34
2713.05:326:33
2813.05:336:31
2912.95:346:30
3012.95:346:28
3112.95:356:27

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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66.0Intense
76.0Intense
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285.3Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Maḩmūdābād

In seasonPeak

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

Maḩmūdābād's rainy season runs September–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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Is August a good time to visit Maḩmūdābād?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Maḩmūdābād in August

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

In August, Maḩmūdābād sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Maḩmūdābād in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 21 to Nov 7 — about 5.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan12Bracing
Feb11Bracing
Mar11Bracing
Apr14Bracing
May19Cool
Jun24Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep26Warm
Oct23Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec15Cool

UV index in Maḩmūdābād in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maḩmūdābād peaks around July 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 18UV 9Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Maḩmūdābād 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 Maḩmūdābād is worst in March — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (July, 18 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 1141 µg/m³Jul 1719 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr38Poor
May33Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Maḩmūdābād?

Maḩmūdābād sits at 36.6°N, 52.3°E, -23 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Āmol, 20 km away.

Topography around Maḩmūdābād

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maḩmūdābād has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of -24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,613 m.

The land around Maḩmūdābād is covered by water (41%), cropland (32%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, water (49%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and water (47%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

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14 m
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90 m
80 km
5,613 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Āmol 20 km · Nūr 23 km · Fereydūn Kenār 24 km · Bābolsar 35 km · Amīr Kolā 36 km · Bābol 38 km · Qā’em Shahr 57 km · Jūybār 58 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 Maḩmūdābād (36.6319°, 52.2629°, elevation -23 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).