Shāzand weather in August

In August, Shāzand sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 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 33°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% 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 Shāzand's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shāzand's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
18°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:38 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
20%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Shāzand is city in Markazi 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 31°C by the end.

A typical August day in Shāzand reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°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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73319
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How August really feels in Shāzand

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 23 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
23
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.

Shāzand 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 / -6°387.26.8100.0
Feb / -4°387.35.910.70.7
Mar11° / 559.1411.73.1
Apr17° / 458.90.412.85.6
May23° / 10°235.9013.77.7
Jun30° / 16°30.8014.26.9
Jul33° / 19°10.20144.6
Aug33° / 18°10.3013.35.1
Sep28° / 13°10.3012.28.0
Oct21° / 143.5011.18.0
Nov13° / 346.41.410.23.9
Dec / -3°356.44.89.81.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 2%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1973
2982
3982
4982
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10982
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12982
13982
14982
15982
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28991
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30991
31991

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Shāzand gets around 1 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
81
91
101
111
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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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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227calm
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287calm
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307calm
317calm

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 5:27 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 6:36 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:277:10
213.75:287:09
313.75:297:08
413.65:297:07
513.65:307:06
613.65:317:05
713.55:327:04
813.55:327:03
913.55:337:02
1013.55:347:01
1113.45:357:00
1213.45:356:59
1313.45:366:58
1413.35:376:57
1513.35:386:56
1613.35:386:55
1713.25:396:54
1813.25:406:52
1913.25:406:51
2013.15:416:50
2113.15:426:49
2213.15:436:47
2313.05:436:46
2413.05:446:45
2513.05:456:44
2612.95:466:42
2712.95:466:41
2812.95:476:40
2912.85:486:38
3012.85:486:37
3112.85:496:36

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.99 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
27.4Intense
37.4Intense
47.4Intense
57.4Intense
67.4Intense
77.4Intense
87.4Intense
97.4Intense
107.3Intense
117.3Intense
127.3Intense
137.3Intense
147.3Intense
157.3Intense
167.2Intense
177.2Intense
187.2Intense
197.2Intense
207.1Intense
217.1Intense
227.1Intense
237.0Intense
247.0Intense
257.0Intense
267.0Intense
276.9Intense
286.9Intense
296.9Intense
306.8Intense
316.8Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Shāzand?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Shāzand in August

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

In August, Shāzand sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shāzand in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Shāzand peaks around July 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 20UV 12Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Shāzand 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 Shāzand is worst in April — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 20 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1837 µg/m³Dec 1320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr37Poor
May34Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Shāzand?

Shāzand sits at 33.9°N, 49.4°E, 1,906 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Mahājerān, 14 km away.

Topography around Shāzand

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shāzand has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 747 m around an average of 1,982 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,531 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,832 m.

The land around Shāzand is covered by cropland (48%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), grassland (34%) and bare terrain (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
747 m
16 km
1,531 m
80 km
2,832 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Mahājerān 14 km · Karahrūd 26 km · Arāk 32 km · Aznā 53 km · Dorūd 58 km · Borūjerd 61 km · Alīgūdarz 64 km · Malāyer 68 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 Shāzand (33.9313°, 49.4063°, elevation 1,906 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).