Ḩadīthah weather in August

In August, Ḩadīthah sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 28°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.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°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 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 Ḩadīthah's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ḩadīthah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
42°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:36 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
20 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ḩadīthah is city in the western Iraqi Al Anbar 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 42°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ḩadīthah reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 45°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 Ḩadīthah

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.

Ḩadīthah 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° / 244.9104.8
Feb17° / 204.410.76.3
Mar22° / 11°213.511.78.1
Apr28° / 16°102.212.87.4
May35° / 22°4113.83.6
Jun40° / 26°0014.20.5
Jul42° / 29°00140.0
Aug42° / 28°0013.30.0
Sep38° / 24°0012.21.4
Oct31° / 19°81.411.15.7
Nov22° / 11°183.110.28.1
Dec15° / 244.79.85.6

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

Ḩadīthah 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 77% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
173243
273243
372244
471254
571254
671254
771254
871254
971254
1071254
1171254
1273243
1373243
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1777212
1878202
1980191
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2181181
2281181
2383170
2483170
2584160
2684160
2785150
2885150
2986140
3086140
3187130

Wind in August

Winds average 20 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
321breezy
421breezy
521breezy
621breezy
721breezy
821breezy
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1120breezy
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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 5:25 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:257:08
213.75:267:07
313.75:267:06
413.65:277:06
513.65:287:05
613.65:297:04
713.65:297:03
813.55:307:02
913.55:317:01
1013.55:327:00
1113.45:326:59
1213.45:336:58
1313.45:346:56
1413.35:356:55
1513.35:356:54
1613.35:366:53
1713.35:376:52
1813.25:386:51
1913.25:386:50
2013.25:396:48
2113.15:406:47
2213.15:416:46
2313.15:416:45
2413.05:426:43
2513.05:436:42
2613.05:436:41
2712.95:446:39
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2912.95:466:37
3012.85:466:35
3112.85:476:34

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 2.83 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 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
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37.7Intense
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297.0Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ḩadīthah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ḩadīthah?

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
1.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ḩadīthah.

What to pack for Ḩadīthah in August

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

In August, Ḩadīthah sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ḩadīthah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ḩadīthah peaks around June 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 16 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateJun 16UV 10Jan 16UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ḩadīthah 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 Ḩadīthah is worst in July — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 35 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1879 µg/m³Nov 2035 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar50Poor
Apr53Poor
May62Unhealthy
Jun70Unhealthy
Jul80Unhealthy
Aug73Unhealthy
Sep56Unhealthy
Oct44Poor
Nov35Moderate
Dec38Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ḩadīthah?

Ḩadīthah sits at 34.1°N, 42.4°E, 121 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is ‘Anah, 45 km away.

‘Anat al QadīmahHītRamadiAl Qā’imTikrītBayjīAl-'Alam

Topography around Ḩadīthah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ḩadīthah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 124 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 352 m.

The land around Ḩadīthah is covered by bare terrain (62%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (80%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
126 m
80 km
352 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: ‘Anah 45 km · ‘Anat al Qadīmah 54 km · Hīt 69 km · Ramadi 117 km · Al Qā’im 131 km · Tikrīt 131 km · Bayjī 135 km · Al-'Alam 137 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 Ḩadīthah (34.1366°, 42.3773°, elevation 121 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).