Oskū weather in August

In August, Oskū sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-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 98% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Oskū's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Oskū's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
11th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:45 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
9%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Oskū 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 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical August day in Oskū reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 16°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 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 Oskū

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.

Oskū weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°225.74.29.70.0
Feb / -2°316.83.810.51.1
Mar12° / 438.82.311.73.6
Apr18° / 427.80.3136.3
May24° / 11°286.70147.6
Jun31° / 16°92.6014.66.1
Jul34° / 19°61.8014.44.0
Aug34° / 18°30.7013.54.2
Sep29° / 13°30.6012.37.5
Oct21° / 132.70118.2
Nov13° / 2851.1104.0
Dec / -3°255.93.29.40.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
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31991

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Oskū gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
32
41
51
61
71
81
91
101
111
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132
142
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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1955
2955
3955
4955
5955
6955
7955
8955
9955
10955
11955
12955
13964
14964
15964
16973
17973
18973
19973
20973
21982
22982
23982
24982
25982
26982
27982
28991
29991
30991
31991

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 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
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours 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 66 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 7:31 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:327:31
214.05:337:30
313.95:347:29
413.95:357:28
513.95:367:27
613.85:367:26
713.85:377:25
813.85:387:24
913.75:397:23
1013.75:407:21
1113.75:417:20
1213.65:427:19
1313.65:437:18
1413.55:447:16
1513.55:447:15
1613.55:457:14
1713.45:467:13
1813.45:477:11
1913.45:487:10
2013.35:497:09
2113.35:507:07
2213.35:517:06
2313.25:527:04
2413.25:527:03
2513.15:537:01
2613.15:547:00
2713.15:556:59
2813.05:566:57
2913.05:576:56
3012.95:586:54
3112.95:596:53

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.2 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
77.5Intense
87.4Intense
97.4Intense
107.4Intense
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127.3Intense
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286.8Intense
296.7Intense
306.7Intense
316.6Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Oskū?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Oskū in August

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

In August, Oskū sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Oskū 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 Oskū peaks around July 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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 highHighModerateJul 14UV 11Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Oskū 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 Oskū is worst in April — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (August, 21 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 2334 µg/m³Aug 1621 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May34Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Oskū?

Oskū sits at 37.9°N, 46.1°E, 1,512 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Sahand, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Oskū

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Oskū has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m around an average of 1,579 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,112 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,597 m.

The land around Oskū is covered by grassland (41%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, grassland (42%) and bare terrain (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) within 80 km.

3 km
313 m
16 km
1,112 m
80 km
2,597 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Sahand 4.0 km · Khosrowshahr 7.0 km · Sardrūd 13 km · Īlkhchī 13 km · Āz̄arshahr 21 km · Tabriz 24 km · Shabestar 47 km · Ajab Shīr 53 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 Oskū (37.915°, 46.1226°, elevation 1,512 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).