Sarakhs weather in August

In August, Sarakhs sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 38°C in the first days to 36°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 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 Sarakhs's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sarakhs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
4:47 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
2%
1st clearest
Wind
17 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Sarakhs is city in Razavi Khorasan 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 38°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical August day in Sarakhs reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Sarakhs

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.

Sarakhs weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 285.42.29.83.1
Feb13° / 356.4210.64.1
Mar19° / 447.60.611.76.3
Apr26° / 13°274.7012.97.5
May32° / 19°102.2013.94.8
Jun37° / 23°10.2014.41.9
Jul39° / 25°00.1014.20.8
Aug37° / 23°00013.42.0
Sep32° / 18°00.1012.25.3
Oct26° / 11°61.1011.18.8
Nov17° / 153.50.310.16.6
Dec12° / 193.91.19.53.8

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

Any precipitation

Sarakhs 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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19271
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79271
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Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light 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 4:35 AM to 5:00 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 5:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.94:356:28
213.94:366:27
313.84:376:26
413.84:376:25
513.84:386:24
613.74:396:23
713.74:406:22
813.74:416:21
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1013.64:426:19
1113.64:436:18
1213.54:446:16
1313.54:456:15
1413.54:466:14
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1613.44:476:12
1713.44:486:10
1813.34:496:09
1913.34:506:08
2013.34:516:06
2113.24:516:05
2213.24:526:04
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2413.14:546:01
2513.14:556:00
2613.04:565:58
2713.04:565:57
2813.04:575:55
2912.94:585:54
3012.94:595:53
3112.95:005:51

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.17 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Sarakhs

In seasonPeak

In August, Sarakhs sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Sarakhs sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Sarakhs?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sarakhs.

What to pack for Sarakhs in August

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

In August, Sarakhs sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sarakhs 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 Sarakhs peaks around July 11 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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 highModerateJul 11UV 10Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Sarakhs 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 Sarakhs is worst in July — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (January, 33 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1863 µg/m³Jan 2033 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar45Poor
Apr45Poor
May47Poor
Jun46Poor
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug53Poor
Sep45Poor
Oct40Poor
Nov37Poor
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Sarakhs?

Sarakhs sits at 36.5°N, 61.2°E, 276 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Sarahs, 6.0 km away.

TejenMaryGorjī-ye SofláYolötenMashadTürkmengalaÇaşgyn

Topography around Sarakhs

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sarakhs has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 272 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,607 m.

The land around Sarakhs is covered by cropland (57%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
176 m
80 km
1,607 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Sarahs 6.0 km · Tejen 110 km · Mary 131 km · Gorjī-ye Soflá 134 km · Yolöten 136 km · Mashad 142 km · Türkmengala 143 km · Çaşgyn 144 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 Sarakhs (36.5449°, 61.1577°, elevation 276 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).