Kelar weather in August

In August, Kelar sees average daytime highs of 44°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.

Highs ease over the month, from about 44°C in the first days to 42°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 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kelar's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kelar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
44°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:24 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover
4%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 44°C in the first days to 42°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kelar reaches about 44°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 41°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Kelar

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.

Kelar 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° / 999.69.94.4
Feb16° / 81910.75.3
Mar21° / 10°798.111.77.1
Apr27° / 15°475.812.87.1
May34° / 21°122.413.83.4
Jun41° / 25°00.114.30.1
Jul44° / 28°00.114.10.0
Aug44° / 28°0013.30.0
Sep39° / 24°10.112.20.8
Oct32° / 19°262.211.15.1
Nov22° / 12°656.210.27.6
Dec16° / 918.19.75.6

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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kelar 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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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412calm
512calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 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 60 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:12 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:126:57
213.75:136:56
313.75:146:56
413.75:146:55
513.65:156:54
613.65:166:53
713.65:176:52
813.65:176:51
913.55:186:50
1013.55:196:49
1113.55:206:48
1213.45:216:47
1313.45:216:45
1413.45:226:44
1513.35:236:43
1613.35:246:42
1713.35:246:41
1813.25:256:40
1913.25:266:38
2013.25:276:37
2113.15:276:36
2213.15:286:35
2313.15:296:33
2413.05:306:32
2513.05:306:31
2613.05:316:29
2712.95:326:28
2812.95:336:27
2912.95:336:25
3012.85:346:24
3112.85:356:23

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.35 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
27.6Intense
37.6Intense
47.6Intense
57.6Intense
67.6Intense
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87.5Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kelar

In seasonPeak

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

Kelar sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

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

Is August a good time to visit Kelar?

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
0.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kelar.

What to pack for Kelar in August

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

In August, Kelar sees daytime highs around 44°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kelar 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 Kelar peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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 highVery highHighModerateJun 14UV 10Jan 13UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Kelar 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 Kelar is worst in May — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorMay 1652 µg/m³Nov 1943 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan45Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar52Poor
Apr50Poor
May53Poor
Jun49Poor
Jul47Poor
Aug47Poor
Sep46Poor
Oct46Poor
Nov43Poor
Dec44Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kelar?

Kelar sits at 34.6°N, 45.3°E, 216 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Qaşr-e Shīrīn, 27 km away.

Sarpol-e Z̄ahābŢūz KhūrmātūAl MiqdādīyahHalabjaMandalī

Topography around Kelar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kelar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 222 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 304 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,505 m.

The land around Kelar is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), cropland (23%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, cropland (34%), bare terrain (33%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and bare terrain (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
304 m
80 km
2,505 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Qaşr-e Shīrīn 27 km · Khānaqīn 32 km · Kifrī 33 km · Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb 53 km · Ţūz Khūrmātū 69 km · Al Miqdādīyah 80 km · Halabja 86 km · Mandalī 100 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 Kelar (34.6281°, 45.3185°, elevation 216 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).