Shabestar weather in August

In August, Shabestar sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 33°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% 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 Shabestar's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shabestar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
17°
11th coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:47 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
12%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Shabestar 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 33°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical August day in Shabestar reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°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 Shabestar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 15 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
15
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.

Shabestar weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°357.57.39.60.0
Feb / -4°428.67.310.50.1
Mar / 6612.26.411.71.9
Apr16° / 7113.21.4134.5
May22° / 10°5612.10.1146.5
Jun28° / 15°174.8014.67.3
Jul32° / 18°82.1014.45.4
Aug32° / 17°51.1013.55.6
Sep27° / 13°92.1012.38.2
Oct19° / 3160.2117.1
Nov10° / 426.92.39.92.8
Dec / -4°377.25.79.40.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% 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

Shabestar gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.1 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 4% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
23
33
43
53
63
73
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93
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113
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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 (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10982
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15991
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20991
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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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 5:33 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 7:33 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.05:337:33
214.05:347:32
313.95:357:31
413.95:367:30
513.95:377:29
613.85:387:28
713.85:387:27
813.85:397:26
913.75:407:25
1013.75:417:24
1113.75:427:22
1213.65:437:21
1313.65:447:20
1413.65:457:19
1513.55:467:17
1613.55:477:16
1713.55:477:15
1813.45:487:13
1913.45:497:12
2013.35:507:11
2113.35:517:09
2213.35:527:08
2313.25:537:06
2413.25:547:05
2513.15:557:03
2613.15:567:02
2713.15:567:01
2813.05:576:59
2913.05:586:58
3012.95:596:56
3112.96:006:54

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.12 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.4Intense
57.4Intense
67.4Intense
77.4Intense
87.4Intense
97.3Intense
107.3Intense
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286.7Intense
296.6Intense
306.6Intense
316.5Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Shabestar?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Shabestar in August

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

In August, Shabestar sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shabestar 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 Shabestar peaks around July 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 10Jan 1UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Shabestar 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 Shabestar 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 Shabestar?

Shabestar sits at 38.2°N, 45.7°E, 1,433 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Marand, 29 km away.

Topography around Shabestar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shabestar has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 314 m around an average of 1,448 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,782 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,781 m.

The land around Shabestar is covered by grassland (66%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and bare terrain (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and bare terrain (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
314 m
16 km
1,782 m
80 km
2,781 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Marand 29 km · Īlkhchī 36 km · Khosrowshahr 40 km · Sardrūd 43 km · Sahand 44 km · Oskū 47 km · Āz̄arshahr 53 km · Tabriz 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 Shabestar (38.1804°, 45.7028°, elevation 1,433 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).