Baqubah weather in August

In August, Baqubah sees average daytime highs of 45°C and overnight lows near 31°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 45°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 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 Baqubah's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baqubah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
45°
1st warmest
Overnight low
31°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:28 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Baqubah is capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate.

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 45°C through the month.

A typical August day in Baqubah reaches about 45°C in the afternoon and slips back to 31°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 42°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 Baqubah

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.

Baqubah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 365.9106.2
Feb19° / 274.310.77.3
Mar25° / 13°304.211.78.2
Apr31° / 18°172.912.85.4
May38° / 24°51.413.71.5
Jun43° / 29°0014.20.0
Jul45° / 32°00140.0
Aug45° / 31°0013.30.0
Sep42° / 27°00.112.20.1
Oct35° / 21°121.811.23.4
Nov25° / 14°303.810.28.0
Dec19° / 335.19.87.0

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

Baqubah 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 (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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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 5:17 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 6:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:176:58
213.75:186:58
313.65:186:57
413.65:196:56
513.65:206:55
613.65:206:54
713.55:216:53
813.55:226:52
913.55:236:51
1013.45:236:50
1113.45:246:49
1213.45:256:48
1313.45:266:47
1413.35:266:46
1513.35:276:45
1613.35:286:44
1713.25:286:42
1813.25:296:41
1913.25:306:40
2013.15:316:39
2113.15:316:38
2213.15:326:36
2313.05:336:35
2413.05:346:34
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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 2.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 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 Baqubah

In seasonPeak

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

Baqubah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Baqubah?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baqubah.

What to pack for Baqubah in August

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

In August, Baqubah sees daytime highs around 45°C and nights near 31°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Baqubah 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 Baqubah peaks around June 13 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 highHighVery highHighModerateJun 13UV 10Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul5High
Aug9Very high
Sep5High
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Baqubah 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 Baqubah is worst in December — around 90 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyDec 2189 µg/m³Jul 1665 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan88Unhealthy
Feb85Unhealthy
Mar84Unhealthy
Apr79Unhealthy
May79Unhealthy
Jun68Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug68Unhealthy
Sep72Unhealthy
Oct85Unhealthy
Nov82Unhealthy
Dec90Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Baqubah?

Baqubah sits at 33.8°N, 44.6°E, 48 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Khāliş, 9.0 km away.

Abū GhuraybAl Maḩmūdīyah

Topography around Baqubah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baqubah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m.

The land around Baqubah is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and bare terrain (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and bare terrain (41%) within 80 km.

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26 m
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80 km
230 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Khāliş 9.0 km · Ad Dujayl 36 km · Al Miqdādīyah 40 km · Sadr City 43 km · Baghdad 50 km · Balad 51 km · Abū Ghurayb 63 km · Al Maḩmūdīyah 80 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 Baqubah (33.754°, 44.6052°, elevation 48 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).