Hīt weather in August

In August, Hīt sees average daytime highs of 43°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 43°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 Hīt's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hīt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
43°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
29°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:35 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
19 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Hīt is city in Anbar Province, Iraq.

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 43°C through the month.

A typical August day in Hīt reaches about 43°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 40°C and 46°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 Hīt

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.

Hīt 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
Jan15° / 214.1105.3
Feb18° / 193.810.76.8
Mar23° / 11°193.211.78.3
Apr29° / 17°91.912.87.0
May35° / 22°30.913.73.2
Jun40° / 27°0014.20.3
Jul43° / 29°00140.0
Aug43° / 29°0013.20.0
Sep39° / 25°0012.21.1
Oct32° / 19°71.311.25.4
Nov22° / 12°18310.38.2
Dec16° / 2149.86.1

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

Hīt 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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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283161
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482162
581172
681172
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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 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
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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 5:24 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:247:05
213.75:257:05
313.65:267:04
413.65:267:03
513.65:277:02
613.65:287:01
713.55:287:00
813.55:296:59
913.55:306:58
1013.45:316:57
1113.45:316:56
1213.45:326:55
1313.45:336:54
1413.35:346:53
1513.35:346:52
1613.35:356:51
1713.25:366:49
1813.25:366:48
1913.25:376:47
2013.15:386:46
2113.15:396:45
2213.15:396:43
2313.05:406:42
2413.05:416:41
2513.05:416:40
2612.95:426:38
2712.95:436:37
2812.95:446:36
2912.85:446:34
3012.85:456:33
3112.85:466:32

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.94 kWh/m² to a high of 8.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.42 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Hīt

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Hīt?

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
1.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hīt.

What to pack for Hīt in August

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

In August, Hīt sees daytime highs around 43°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Hīt 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 Hīt peaks around June 15 at about 9 (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 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 15UV 9Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr5High
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep5High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Hīt 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 Hīt is worst in July — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 37 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJul 1669 µg/m³Nov 1838 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan44Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr56Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun64Unhealthy
Jul69Unhealthy
Aug63Unhealthy
Sep52Poor
Oct47Poor
Nov37Poor
Dec43Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Hīt?

Hīt sits at 33.6°N, 42.8°E, 61 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Ramadi, 51 km away.

ḨadīthahAl Fallūjah‘AnahSāmarrā’‘Anat al QadīmahBaladAbū Ghurayb

Topography around Hīt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hīt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 65 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m.

The land around Hīt is covered by bare terrain (57%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (87%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
87 m
80 km
316 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Ramadi 51 km · Ḩadīthah 69 km · Al Fallūjah 94 km · ‘Anah 113 km · Sāmarrā’ 116 km · ‘Anat al Qadīmah 123 km · Balad 129 km · Abū Ghurayb 131 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 Hīt (33.6366°, 42.8277°, elevation 61 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).