Qaşr-e Shīrīn weather in August

In August, Qaşr-e Shīrīn sees average daytime highs of 44°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 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 44°C in the first days to 43°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Qaşr-e Shīrīn's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qaşr-e Shīrīn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
44°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:53 AM – 7:11 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
7.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Qaşr-e Shīrīn is city in Kermanshah Province, Iran.

Founded
~650 CE

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 44°C in the first days to 43°C by the end.

A typical August day in Qaşr-e Shīrīn reaches about 44°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 41°C and 47°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Qaşr-e Shīrīn

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Qaşr-e Shīrīn 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 daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 899.2104.8
Feb17° / 718.610.75.7
Mar22° / 10°727.611.77.3
Apr28° / 15°455.712.86.9
May35° / 20°112.113.83.2
Jun41° / 25°00.114.30.1
Jul44° / 28°00.114.10.0
Aug44° / 27°0013.30.0
Sep40° / 23°00.212.20.7
Oct32° / 18°222.411.14.8
Nov23° / 11°595.810.27.7
Dec17° / 817.99.75.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Qaşr-e Shīrīn gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 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 54 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:417:26
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313.75:437:24
413.75:447:23
513.65:447:23
613.65:457:22
713.65:467:21
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1113.55:497:16
1213.45:507:15
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1513.35:527:12
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1813.25:547:08
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2013.25:567:06
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.68 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.35 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Qaşr-e Shīrīn

In seasonPeak

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

Qaşr-e Shīrīn sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Qaşr-e Shīrīn?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Qaşr-e Shīrīn.

What to pack for Qaşr-e Shīrīn in August

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

In August, Qaşr-e Shīrīn sees daytime highs around 44°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Qaşr-e Shīrīn 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 Qaşr-e Shīrīn peaks around June 13 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 15 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 highHighModerateJun 13UV 10Jan 15UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul7High
Aug10Very high
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Qaşr-e Shīrīn 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 Qaşr-e Shīrīn is worst in May — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMay 1343 µg/m³Nov 2331 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb35Moderate
Mar41Poor
Apr41Poor
May43Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul36Poor
Aug35Poor
Sep34Moderate
Oct35Poor
Nov31Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Qaşr-e Shīrīn?

Qaşr-e Shīrīn sits at 34.5°N, 45.6°E, 363 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Khānaqīn, 25 km away.

Topography around Qaşr-e Shīrīn

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Qaşr-e Shīrīn.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qaşr-e Shīrīn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 372 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 745 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,549 m.

The land around Qaşr-e Shīrīn is covered by grassland (38%) and bare terrain (28%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and bare terrain (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
123 m
16 km
745 m
80 km
2,549 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Khānaqīn 25 km · Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb 27 km · Kelar 27 km · Kifrī 60 km · Halabja 82 km · Al Miqdādīyah 84 km · Mandalī 85 km · Javānrūd 89 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 Qaşr-e Shīrīn (34.5156°, 45.5791°, elevation 363 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).