Marāgheh weather in August

In August, Marāgheh sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°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 Marāgheh's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marāgheh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
16°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:46 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
12%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Marāgheh is city in East 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 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical August day in Marāgheh reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Marāgheh 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 / -8°498.99.79.70.0
Feb / -6°589.89.710.60.0
Mar / -2°7212.2911.70.9
Apr13° / 7113.62.712.93.5
May19° / 42100.1146.4
Jun26° / 13°123.1014.58.5
Jul30° / 17°51.6014.36.9
Aug30° / 16°30.8013.47.1
Sep25° / 12°71.7012.39.0
Oct17° / 224.70.2116.7
Nov / -0°477.43.9101.8
Dec / -6°478.289.50.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 94% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11000
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Marāgheh gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.8 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 3% and peaks near 4% 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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
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912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light 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 5:33 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:337:29
213.95:347:28
313.95:347:27
413.95:357:26
513.85:367:25
613.85:377:24
713.85:387:23
813.75:397:22
913.75:407:21
1013.75:407:20
1113.65:417:19
1213.65:427:18
1313.65:437:16
1413.55:447:15
1513.55:457:14
1613.45:467:13
1713.45:477:11
1813.45:477:10
1913.35:487:09
2013.35:497:07
2113.35:507:06
2213.25:517:05
2313.25:527:03
2413.25:537:02
2513.15:537:00
2613.15:546:59
2713.05:556:57
2813.05:566:56
2913.05:576:55
3012.95:586:53
3112.95:596:52

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.21 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.6Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
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316.7Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Marāgheh?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
9.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Marāgheh in August

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

In August, Marāgheh sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Marāgheh 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 Marāgheh peaks around July 15 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 — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 11Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Marāgheh 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 Marāgheh is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 932 µg/m³Aug 1820 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Marāgheh?

Marāgheh sits at 37.4°N, 46.2°E, 1,455 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Bonāb, 17 km away.

Topography around Marāgheh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marāgheh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m around an average of 1,477 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,017 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,422 m.

The land around Marāgheh is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), trees (28%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
173 m
16 km
1,017 m
80 km
2,422 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Bonāb 17 km · Malekān 30 km · Ajab Shīr 32 km · Āz̄arshahr 47 km · Mīāndoāb 49 km · Oskū 59 km · Sahand 63 km · Khosrowshahr 64 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 Marāgheh (37.3921°, 46.2391°, elevation 1,455 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).