Ṟuwandiz weather in August

In August, Ṟuwandiz sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 94% 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 Ṟuwandiz's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ṟuwandiz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:24 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
9%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Ṟuwandiz is human settlement.

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 37°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ṟuwandiz reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 39°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 Ṟuwandiz

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Ṟuwandiz weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°15612.38.49.80.8
Feb / -1°16012.97.210.61.4
Mar13° / 17414.2411.73.3
Apr18° / 13913.30.312.95.5
May25° / 12°689.8013.97.1
Jun32° / 17°51.6014.55.6
Jul36° / 21°20.5014.22.9
Aug36° / 21°10.4013.42.8
Sep32° / 16°41.2012.25.7
Oct24° / 11°566011.17.8
Nov15° / 1109.20.7104.9
Dec / 13810.54.59.51.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 94% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% 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

Ṟuwandiz gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 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 1% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
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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
2991
3991
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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317calm

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 5:11 AM to 5:36 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 6:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.95:117:05
213.95:127:04
313.85:137:03
413.85:147:02
513.85:157:01
613.75:157:00
713.75:166:59
813.75:176:58
913.65:186:57
1013.65:196:55
1113.65:206:54
1213.55:206:53
1313.55:216:52
1413.55:226:51
1513.45:236:49
1613.45:246:48
1713.45:256:47
1813.35:256:46
1913.35:266:44
2013.35:276:43
2113.25:286:42
2213.25:296:40
2313.25:306:39
2413.15:306:38
2513.15:316:36
2613.05:326:35
2713.05:336:33
2813.05:346:32
2912.95:356:31
3012.95:356:29
3112.95:366:28

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 2.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 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
47.5Intense
57.5Intense
67.5Intense
77.5Intense
87.5Intense
97.5Intense
107.4Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ṟuwandiz

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ṟuwandiz sees seasonal dust haze (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 Ṟuwandiz?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ṟuwandiz. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ṟuwandiz in August

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

In August, Ṟuwandiz sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ṟuwandiz 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 Ṟuwandiz peaks around June 21 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 21UV 11Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ṟuwandiz 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 Ṟuwandiz is worst in April — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1338 µg/m³Dec 1325 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr38Poor
May37Poor
Jun30Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ṟuwandiz?

Ṟuwandiz sits at 36.6°N, 44.5°E, 827 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Soran, 5.0 km away.

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Topography around Ṟuwandiz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ṟuwandiz has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 545 m around an average of 769 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,205 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,339 m.

The land around Ṟuwandiz is covered by grassland (70%) within 3 km, grassland (78%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
545 m
16 km
2,205 m
80 km
3,339 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Soran 5.0 km · Khalīfān 10 km · Ḩarir 17 km · Shaqlāwah 29 km · Pīrmām 38 km · Hajiawa 48 km · Rānyah 51 km · Baḥarkah 55 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 Ṟuwandiz (36.6114°, 44.5219°, elevation 827 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).