Al ‘Amārah weather in August

In August, Al ‘Amārah sees average daytime highs of 47°C and overnight lows near 32°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.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 47°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% 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 Al ‘Amārah's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al ‘Amārah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
47°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
32°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:20 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
18 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Al ‘Amārah is city in Iraq.

Founded
1860

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 47°C through the month.

A typical August day in Al ‘Amārah reaches about 47°C in the afternoon and slips back to 32°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 44°C and 49°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 4°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Al ‘Amārah

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Al ‘Amārah 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 daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 395.810.26.9
Feb21° / 10°253.910.87.9
Mar27° / 15°273.711.87.8
Apr33° / 20°203.212.84.3
May40° / 26°61.213.60.6
Jun45° / 30°00140.0
Jul47° / 32°0013.90.0
Aug47° / 32°0013.20.0
Sep43° / 28°00.212.20.0
Oct36° / 22°111.111.22.5
Nov26° / 15°383.910.47.6
Dec20° / 10°405.3107.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 1% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Al ‘Amārah 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

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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
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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 5:10 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.65:106:45
213.55:116:44
313.55:126:43
413.55:126:42
513.55:136:41
613.45:146:41
713.45:146:40
813.45:156:39
913.45:166:38
1013.35:166:37
1113.35:176:36
1213.35:186:35
1313.35:186:34
1413.25:196:33
1513.25:206:32
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1713.15:216:30
1813.15:226:29
1913.15:226:27
2013.15:236:26
2113.05:246:25
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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 7.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Al ‘Amārah

In seasonPeak

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

Al ‘Amārah sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Al ‘Amārah?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al ‘Amārah.

What to pack for Al ‘Amārah in August

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

In August, Al ‘Amārah sees daytime highs around 47°C and nights near 32°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al ‘Amārah 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 Al ‘Amārah peaks around June 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 10Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep5High
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al ‘Amārah 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 Al ‘Amārah is worst in April — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyUnhealthyApr 1178 µg/m³Jul 1055 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan75Unhealthy
Feb70Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr78Unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun55Unhealthy
Jul55Poor
Aug59Unhealthy
Sep64Unhealthy
Oct71Unhealthy
Nov69Unhealthy
Dec74Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al ‘Amārah?

Al ‘Amārah sits at 31.8°N, 47.1°E, 10 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Qal‘at Şāliḩ, 37 km away.

‘Alī al GharbīAl QurnahDehlorānHoveyzehAl MadīnahQal‘at SukkarSūsangerd

Topography around Al ‘Amārah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al ‘Amārah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 8 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m.

The land around Al ‘Amārah is covered by artificial surfaces (73%) within 3 km, bare terrain (53%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (42%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
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80 km
276 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Qal‘at Şāliḩ 37 km · ‘Alī al Gharbī 82 km · Al Qurnah 95 km · Dehlorān 96 km · Hoveyzeh 97 km · Al Madīnah 98 km · Qal‘at Sukkar 101 km · Sūsangerd 103 km

Iraq travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,410
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
60%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
9.5
per 100k, 2013
Road deaths
27.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 406
Religion
Christian 1%

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 Al ‘Amārah (31.8356°, 47.1448°, elevation 10 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).