Ar Rumaythah weather in August

In August, Ar Rumaythah sees average daytime highs of 46°C and overnight lows near 31°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 46°C through the month. 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 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 Ar Rumaythah's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ar Rumaythah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
46°
1st warmest
Overnight low
31°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:28 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
19 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ar Rumaythah is city in Al Muthanna Governorate, Iraq.

Founded
1820

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 46°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ar Rumaythah reaches about 46°C in the afternoon and slips back to 31°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 43°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 Ar Rumaythah

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.

Ar Rumaythah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 223.710.27.2
Feb21° / 10°122.710.88.2
Mar27° / 14°122.411.88.1
Apr33° / 20°102.312.74.5
May39° / 25°40.713.60.8
Jun44° / 29°00140.0
Jul46° / 31°0013.80.0
Aug46° / 31°0013.20.0
Sep43° / 27°00.112.20.0
Oct36° / 22°30.711.22.8
Nov26° / 14°172.810.47.9
Dec20° / 173.4107.6

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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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ar Rumaythah 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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 19 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 5:19 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 7.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.32 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ar Rumaythah

In seasonPeak

In August, Ar Rumaythah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ar Rumaythah sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Ar Rumaythah?

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 Ar Rumaythah.

What to pack for Ar Rumaythah in August

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

In August, Ar Rumaythah sees daytime highs around 46°C and nights near 31°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ar Rumaythah 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 Ar Rumaythah peaks around June 14 at about 10 (extreme) — 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 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highHighModerateJun 14UV 10Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep4Moderate
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ar Rumaythah 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 Ar Rumaythah is worst in May — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyUnhealthyMay 1475 µg/m³Nov 1753 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr72Unhealthy
May76Unhealthy
Jun67Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug62Unhealthy
Sep61Unhealthy
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov52Poor
Dec60Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ar Rumaythah?

Ar Rumaythah sits at 31.5°N, 45.2°E, 18 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is As Samawah, 23 km away.

Nāḩiyat ash ShināfīyahAl Diwaniyah‘AfakNahiyat GhammasAl MishkhābAsh ShāmīyahQal‘at Sukkar

Topography around Ar Rumaythah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ar Rumaythah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m.

The land around Ar Rumaythah is covered by cropland (36%), artificial surfaces (25%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and bare terrain (41%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (61%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

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80 km
159 m
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August weather nearby: As Samawah 23 km · Nāḩiyat ash Shināfīyah 53 km · Al Diwaniyah 58 km · ‘Afak 60 km · Nahiyat Ghammas 60 km · Al Mishkhāb 74 km · Ash Shāmīyah 75 km · Qal‘at Sukkar 90 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 Ar Rumaythah (31.5284°, 45.2038°, elevation 18 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).