Qom weather in August

In August, Qom sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 25°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 40°C in the first days to 38°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 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 Qom's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qom's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
25°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:31 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover
4%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Qom is city in Qom Province, Iran.

Density
7,313/km²
people per km²
Founded
~805 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 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical August day in Qom reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Qom

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
23 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.

Qom 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
Jan11° / 214.71.59.93.4
Feb15° / 184.40.710.75.2
Mar20° / 255.20.111.77.4
Apr26° / 15°194.6012.87.5
May33° / 20°92.2013.84.5
Jun38° / 25°10.3014.31.2
Jul41° / 27°00.1014.10.0
Aug39° / 25°00013.30.4
Sep35° / 20°00.1012.23.4
Oct28° / 14°61.5011.17.6
Nov18° / 183.6010.26.9
Dec12° / 194.40.29.74.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

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

Qom 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 97% 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 13 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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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 5:20 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:207:05
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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 7.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Qom

In seasonPeak

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

Qom sees seasonal dust haze (July), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Qom?

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

0.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Qom.

What to pack for Qom in August

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

In August, Qom sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Qom 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 Qom peaks around July 19 at about 10 (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 10 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Qom 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 Qom is worst in December — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 38 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 2097 µg/m³Aug 1239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan94Unhealthy
Feb87Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr73Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun47Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug38Poor
Sep52Poor
Oct69Unhealthy
Nov89Unhealthy
Dec98Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Qom?

Qom sits at 34.6°N, 50.9°E, 935 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Shahrak-e Pardīsān, 11 km away.

Topography around Qom

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qom has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 930 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 728 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,644 m.

The land around Qom is covered by artificial surfaces (93%) within 3 km, bare terrain (68%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
728 m
80 km
2,644 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Shahrak-e Pardīsān 11 km · Sāveh 64 km · Delījān 74 km · Tafresh 79 km · Māmūnīyeh 81 km · Ārān Bīdgol 85 km · Ḩasanābād 87 km · Kashan 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 Qom (34.6401°, 50.8764°, elevation 935 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).