Mandalī weather in August

In August, Mandalī sees average daytime highs of 45°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-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 Mandalī's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mandalī's year-round climate.

Daytime high
45°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
30°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:24 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
2%
2nd clearest
Wind
16 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Mandalī is town in Balad Ruz District, Diyala Governorate, 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 45°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mandalī reaches about 45°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 42°C and 48°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 Mandalī

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.

Mandalī weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 587.1105.7
Feb18° / 435.710.76.8
Mar24° / 12°455.211.78.0
Apr30° / 17°253.712.85.9
May37° / 23°81.413.71.8
Jun43° / 27°0014.20.0
Jul45° / 30°00140.0
Aug45° / 30°0013.30.0
Sep41° / 25°0012.20.2
Oct34° / 20°132.111.23.7
Nov24° / 13°474.810.27.9
Dec18° / 556.69.86.7

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

Mandalī 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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 5:13 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.75:136:55
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413.65:156:52
513.65:166:51
613.65:176:50
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813.55:186:48
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2013.15:276:35
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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 7.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.84 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.36 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 Mandalī

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Mandalī?

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 Mandalī.

What to pack for Mandalī in August

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

In August, Mandalī sees daytime highs around 45°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mandalī 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 Mandalī peaks around June 12 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 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 highVery highHighModerateJun 12UV 10Jan 14UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Mandalī 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 Mandalī is worst in May — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorMay 963 µg/m³Jan 1251 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar61Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul54Poor
Aug54Poor
Sep56Unhealthy
Oct63Unhealthy
Nov54Poor
Dec52Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mandalī?

Mandalī sits at 33.7°N, 45.6°E, 129 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Miqdādīyah, 63 km away.

Al MiqdādīyahKhānaqīnEyvānĪlāmSarpol-e Z̄ahābQaşr-e ShīrīnBaqubahKhāliş

Topography around Mandalī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mandalī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 123 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,448 m.

The land around Mandalī is covered by cropland (53%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (39%), grassland (36%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (41%), grassland (33%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

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52 m
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80 km
2,448 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Al Miqdādīyah 63 km · Khānaqīn 68 km · Eyvān 70 km · Īlām 81 km · Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb 84 km · Qaşr-e Shīrīn 85 km · Baqubah 88 km · Khāliş 95 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 Mandalī (33.7481°, 45.555°, elevation 129 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).