Yazd weather in August

In August, Yazd sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Yazd's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yazd's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:21 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover
6%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Yazd is capital city of Yazd Province, Iran.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 29.3 µg/m³ · 2020
Density
3,380/km²
people per km²

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 36°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical August day in Yazd reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Yazd

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.

Yazd weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 204.61.410.23.7
Feb15° / 132.90.810.85.5
Mar19° / 2040.211.87.4
Apr24° / 13°143.2012.88.1
May30° / 18°51.5013.66.4
Jun35° / 22°00.10143.3
Jul37° / 24°00013.92.0
Aug36° / 22°00013.23.1
Sep32° / 18°00012.25.5
Oct26° / 13°30.8011.28.8
Nov18° / 112.60.210.47.2
Dec14° / 163.40.5104.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 98% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Yazd gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August. 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

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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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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 42 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 5:11 AM to 5:31 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.65:116:46
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.36 kWh/m² to a high of 8.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Yazd

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Yazd?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yazd. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Yazd in August

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

In August, Yazd sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Yazd in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Yazd peaks around June 23 at about 10 (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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
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Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Yazd 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 Yazd is worst in April — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 18 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Yazd's WHO annual average of 29.3 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModeratePoorModerateApr 2241 µg/m³Dec 1018 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr41Poor
May40Poor
Jun31Moderate
Jul40Poor
Aug28Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Yazd?

Yazd sits at 31.9°N, 54.4°E, 1,216 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Ashkez̄ar, 19 km away.

BāfqAbarkūhAnār

Topography around Yazd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yazd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 1,218 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 533 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,107 m.

The land around Yazd is covered by artificial surfaces (85%) within 3 km, bare terrain (78%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

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80 km
3,107 m
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August weather nearby: Ashkez̄ar 19 km · Taft 23 km · Mahrīz 36 km · Meybod 51 km · Ardakān 57 km · Bāfq 103 km · Abarkūh 134 km · Anār 143 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 Yazd (31.8972°, 54.3675°, elevation 1,216 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).