Dihok weather in August

In August, Dihok sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. 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 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dihok's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dihok's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:29 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
4%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Dihok is City in Kurdistan Region, 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 38°C by the end.

A typical August day in Dihok reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
14125
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How August really feels in Dihok

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
25 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.

Dihok weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 91101.59.82.7
Feb13° / 809.91.510.63.5
Mar17° / 87100.211.75.6
Apr23° / 11°578.5012.97.2
May30° / 16°244.4013.96.2
Jun37° / 21°10.4014.52.3
Jul40° / 25°10.2014.30.1
Aug40° / 24°00.1013.40.3
Sep35° / 20°10.3012.33.4
Oct28° / 15°223.20117.1
Nov19° / 556.30106.8
Dec13° / 838.80.79.53.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 99% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dihok gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in August, the driest month. 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 1% 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 76% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
178211
277221
376231
475241
574251
674251
773261
873261
973261
1073261
1173261
1274251
1373252
1474242
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1876231
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2076231
2177221
2277221
2377221
2478211
2578211
2679201
2780191
2880191
2982180
3083170
3184160

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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88calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:17 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:177:11
213.95:187:10
313.85:197:09
413.85:197:08
513.85:207:07
613.85:217:06
713.75:227:05
813.75:237:04
913.75:247:03
1013.65:247:02
1113.65:257:01
1213.65:267:00
1313.55:276:58
1413.55:286:57
1513.55:296:56
1613.45:296:55
1713.45:306:54
1813.45:316:52
1913.35:326:51
2013.35:336:50
2113.25:346:48
2213.25:356:47
2313.25:356:46
2413.15:366:44
2513.15:376:43
2613.15:386:41
2713.05:396:40
2813.05:406:38
2912.95:406:37
3012.95:416:36
3112.95:426:34

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.25 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.6Intense
37.6Intense
47.6Intense
57.6Intense
67.5Intense
77.5Intense
87.5Intense
97.5Intense
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316.7Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dihok

In seasonPeak

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

Dihok's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Dihok sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Dihok?

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

0.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dihok.

What to pack for Dihok in August

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

In August, Dihok sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dihok in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dihok peaks around June 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 15UV 10Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul7Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Dihok 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 Dihok is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 2140 µg/m³Dec 1027 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar40Poor
Apr39Poor
May38Poor
Jun35Poor
Jul31Moderate
Aug30Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dihok?

Dihok sits at 36.9°N, 43.0°E, 510 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Sīnah, 8.0 km away.

MosulAl Mawşil al Jadīdah

Topography around Dihok

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dihok has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 512 m around an average of 617 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,017 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,110 m.

The land around Dihok is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and cropland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
512 m
16 km
1,017 m
80 km
3,110 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Sīnah 8.0 km · Simele 12 km · Sumayl 12 km · Batifa 34 km · Zaxo 41 km · Tallkayf 43 km · Mosul 60 km · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 60 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 Dihok (36.8661°, 42.9879°, elevation 510 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).