Tafresh weather in August

In August, Tafresh sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.8 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 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% 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 Tafresh's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tafresh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
11th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:35 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
12%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Tafresh 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 32°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical August day in Tafresh reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Tafresh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Tafresh 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 / -5°488.87.29.90.0
Feb / -3°4695.710.70.4
Mar11° / 7111.53.911.72.8
Apr17° / 6912.70.712.85.1
May23° / 13°459.50.113.87.1
Jun30° / 18°81.8014.36.8
Jul32° / 21°41014.15.3
Aug31° / 20°20.8013.35.9
Sep27° / 16°30.9012.28.4
Oct20° / 10°285.6011.17.5
Nov11° / 488.32.210.23.1
Dec / -2°518.35.99.70.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 93% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 1%.

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

Any precipitation

Tafresh gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.8 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 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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22
32
42
52
62
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102
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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 (%)
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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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:23 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:237:09
213.75:247:08
313.75:257:07
413.75:267:06
513.65:267:05
613.65:277:04
713.65:287:03
813.65:297:02
913.55:297:01
1013.55:307:00
1113.55:316:59
1213.45:326:58
1313.45:326:57
1413.45:336:56
1513.35:346:55
1613.35:356:53
1713.35:356:52
1813.25:366:51
1913.25:376:50
2013.25:386:49
2113.15:396:47
2213.15:396:46
2313.15:406:45
2413.05:416:43
2513.05:426:42
2613.05:426:41
2712.95:436:39
2812.95:446:38
2912.95:456:37
3012.85:456:35
3112.85:466:34

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 2.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.24 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
27.5Intense
37.5Intense
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
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97.4Intense
107.4Intense
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266.9Intense
276.9Intense
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296.8Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tafresh

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Tafresh?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tafresh in August

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

In August, Tafresh sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tafresh 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 Tafresh peaks around July 21 at about 11 (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 — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 21UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Tafresh 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 Tafresh is worst in December — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 34 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 1564 µg/m³Aug 1335 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb58Unhealthy
Mar55Poor
Apr58Unhealthy
May52Poor
Jun41Poor
Jul39Poor
Aug34Moderate
Sep46Poor
Oct55Unhealthy
Nov62Unhealthy
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Tafresh?

Tafresh sits at 34.7°N, 50.0°E, 1,910 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Sāveh, 48 km away.

Topography around Tafresh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tafresh has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m around an average of 1,954 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,662 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,229 m.

The land around Tafresh is covered by grassland (36%) and bare terrain (22%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and bare terrain (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (41%), grassland (29%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
422 m
16 km
1,662 m
80 km
2,229 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Sāveh 48 km · Arāk 73 km · Shahrak-e Pardīsān 73 km · Karahrūd 78 km · Qom 79 km · Māmūnīyeh 81 km · Mahājerān 89 km · Maḩallāt 96 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 Tafresh (34.6931°, 50.016°, elevation 1,910 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).