Aş Şuwayrah weather in August

In August, Aş Şuwayrah 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 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 Aş Şuwayrah's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aş Şuwayrah'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 – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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 Aş Şuwayrah 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 Aş Şuwayrah

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.

Aş Şuwayrah 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° / 284.610.16.8
Feb20° / 213.510.87.7
Mar26° / 13°213.211.78.2
Apr32° / 19°152.712.84.9
May39° / 25°51.213.71.1
Jun44° / 29°0014.10.0
Jul46° / 31°00140.0
Aug46° / 31°0013.20.0
Sep42° / 27°00.112.20.0
Oct35° / 22°101.411.23.0
Nov25° / 14°293.310.38.0
Dec19° / 233.79.97.4

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 0% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Aş Şuwayrah 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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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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 5:18 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.65:186:56
213.65:186:55
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413.65:206:54
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813.55:236:50
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1413.35:276:44
1513.35:286:43
1613.25:286:42
1713.25:296:41
1813.25:306:40
1913.15:306:38
2013.15:316:37
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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 7.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.26 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 Aş Şuwayrah

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

Aş Şuwayrah sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Aş Şuwayrah?

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 Aş Şuwayrah.

What to pack for Aş Şuwayrah in August

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Aş Şuwayrah 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 Aş Şuwayrah peaks around June 13 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 highHighVery highHighModerateJun 13UV 10Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul5Moderate
Aug9Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Aş Şuwayrah 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 Aş Şuwayrah is worst in October — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyOct 2099 µg/m³Jul 1574 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan95Unhealthy
Feb92Unhealthy
Mar91Unhealthy
Apr91Unhealthy
May90Unhealthy
Jun77Unhealthy
Jul74Unhealthy
Aug78Unhealthy
Sep87Unhealthy
Oct99Unhealthy
Nov95Unhealthy
Dec99Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Aş Şuwayrah?

Aş Şuwayrah sits at 32.9°N, 44.8°E, 32 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al ‘Azīzīyah, 27 km away.

Saddat al HindīyahBaghdadSadr City

Topography around Aş Şuwayrah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aş Şuwayrah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m.

The land around Aş Şuwayrah is covered by bare terrain (30%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and bare terrain (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and bare terrain (35%) within 80 km.

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August weather nearby: Al ‘Azīzīyah 27 km · Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah 40 km · Al Maḩmūdīyah 41 km · Al Maḩāwīl 45 km · Al-Musayab 48 km · Saddat al Hindīyah 52 km · Baghdad 58 km · Sadr City 59 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 Aş Şuwayrah (32.9256°, 44.7758°, elevation 32 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).