Al Qā’im weather in August

In August, Al Qā’im sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 40°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% 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 Al Qā’im's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Qā’im's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:41 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
1%
2nd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Al Qā’im is town in Al-Anbar, Iraq.

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 41°C in the first days to 40°C by the end.

A typical August day in Al Qā’im reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 38°C and 44°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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314026

How August really feels in Al Qā’im

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 Qā’im weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 255.4104.6
Feb17° / 183.910.76.2
Mar22° / 10°183.711.78.0
Apr28° / 15°11212.87.7
May34° / 21°51.113.84.2
Jun39° / 25°0014.31.0
Jul41° / 28°0014.10.0
Aug41° / 27°0013.30.0
Sep37° / 24°0012.22.1
Oct31° / 18°91.411.16.1
Nov22° / 11°163.210.28.0
Dec15° / 193.99.75.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 100% of the time in August.

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

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

Any precipitation

Al Qā’im 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 75% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
172244
271245
370255
470255
570255
670255
769256
870255
970255
1070255
1170255
1270255
1372244
1472244
1574233
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1977212
2078211
2178211
2279201
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2580200
2680200
2781190
2880191
2980191
3080191
3180191

Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

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 5:30 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:307:14
213.75:317:13
313.75:317:12
413.75:327:12
513.65:337:11
613.65:347:10
713.65:347:09
813.55:357:08
913.55:367:07
1013.55:377:06
1113.55:377:05
1213.45:387:04
1313.45:397:02
1413.45:407:01
1513.35:407:00
1613.35:416:59
1713.35:426:58
1813.25:436:57
1913.25:436:55
2013.25:446:54
2113.15:456:53
2213.15:466:52
2313.15:466:50
2413.05:476:49
2513.05:486:48
2613.05:496:47
2712.95:496:45
2812.95:506:44
2912.95:516:43
3012.85:526:41
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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 7.39 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.74 kWh/m² to a high of 8.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.39 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
27.7Intense
37.7Intense
47.7Intense
57.7Intense
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287.0Intense
297.0Intense
306.9Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Al Qā’im

In seasonPeak

In August, Al Qā’im sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Al Qā’im sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Al Qā’im?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al Qā’im.

What to pack for Al Qā’im in August

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

In August, Al Qā’im sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Qā’im 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 Qā’im peaks around June 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al Qā’im 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 Qā’im is worst in July — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 34 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorPoorJul 1769 µg/m³Nov 1934 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb42Poor
Mar55Poor
Apr53Poor
May62Unhealthy
Jun62Unhealthy
Jul70Unhealthy
Aug63Unhealthy
Sep49Poor
Oct43Poor
Nov34Moderate
Dec37Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Al Qā’im?

Al Qā’im sits at 34.4°N, 41.0°E, 180 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Ālbū Kamāl, 9.0 km away.

SubaykhānAl Mayādīn‘Anat al Qadīmah‘AnahDeir ez-ZorḨadīthah

Topography around Al Qā’im

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Qā’im.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Qā’im has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 178 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 393 m.

The land around Al Qā’im is covered by bare terrain (48%), artificial surfaces (28%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (77%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
151 m
80 km
393 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Ālbū Kamāl 9.0 km · Hajīn 37 km · Subaykhān 62 km · Al Mayādīn 85 km · ‘Anat al Qadīmah 88 km · ‘Anah 91 km · Deir ez-Zor 130 km · Ḩadīthah 131 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 Qā’im (34.3925°, 40.9894°, elevation 180 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).