Shāl weather in August

In August, Shāl sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-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 97% 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 Shāl's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shāl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
17°
11th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:34 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
12%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Shāl is city in Qazvin 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 Shāl reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 17°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Shāl

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.

Shāl 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
Jan / -4°3374.89.80.5
Feb / -2°387.73.210.61.7
Mar14° / 488.62.111.74.5
Apr20° / 4790.512.96.6
May26° / 12°225.90.113.97.4
Jun32° / 16°51.3014.45.4
Jul34° / 18°20.7014.23.8
Aug34° / 17°20.3013.44.0
Sep30° / 14°20.6012.26.8
Oct23° / 203.80.111.18.2
Nov14° / 377110.14.5
Dec / -2°34739.61.6

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 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11000
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51000
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71000
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Shāl gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
61
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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 67% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
160373
261363
361363
461363
562353
662353
762353
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2268302
2371281
2472271
2573261
2675241
2777221
2878211
2980191
3081181
3184160

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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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 5:22 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:227:12
213.85:237:11
313.85:237:10
413.85:247:09
513.75:257:08
613.75:267:07
713.75:277:06
813.65:277:05
913.65:287:04
1013.65:297:03
1113.55:307:02
1213.55:317:01
1313.55:317:00
1413.45:326:59
1513.45:336:57
1613.45:346:56
1713.35:356:55
1813.35:356:54
1913.35:366:52
2013.25:376:51
2113.25:386:50
2213.25:396:49
2313.15:406:47
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2613.05:426:43
2713.05:436:42
2812.95:446:40
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3012.95:456:37
3112.85:466:36

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.16 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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47.5Intense
57.4Intense
67.4Intense
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316.6Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Shāl?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Shāl in August

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

In August, Shāl sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shāl 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 Shāl peaks around July 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 18UV 11Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Shāl 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 Shāl is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1638 µg/m³Aug 1226 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr39Poor
May36Poor
Jun27Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Shāl?

Shāl sits at 35.9°N, 49.8°E, 1,273 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Tākestān, 20 km away.

Topography around Shāl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shāl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 1,273 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 372 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,614 m.

The land around Shāl is covered by cropland (85%) within 3 km, cropland (90%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
372 m
80 km
2,614 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Tākestān 20 km · Eqbālīyeh 40 km · Alvand 42 km · Maḩmūdābād Nemūneh 45 km · Qazvin 46 km · Bīdestān 49 km · Sharīfābād 49 km · Moḩammadīyeh 52 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 Shāl (35.8981°, 49.7691°, elevation 1,273 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).