Soran weather in August

In August, Soran sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 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 36°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% 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 Soran's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Soran's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 36°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:24 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover: 8%; 1st clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Soran is District in Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical August day in Soran reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 5°C warmer than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	21
5	36	21
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	21
9	36	20
10	36	20
11	36	20
12	36	20
13	36	20
14	36	20
15	36	20
16	36	20
17	36	20
18	36	20
19	36	20
20	36	19
21	36	19
22	35	19
23	35	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	19
27	35	19
28	35	18
29	35	18
30	34	18
31	34	18

How August really feels in Soran

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Soran 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	6° / -3°	150	11.8	8.8	9.8	0.5
Feb	8° / -2°	156	12.4	7.6	10.6	1.2
Mar	13° / 2°	169	13.9	4.3	11.7	3.2
Apr	18° / 7°	132	12.9	0.3	12.9	5.5
May	24° / 12°	60	8.7	0	13.9	7.3
Jun	31° / 17°	5	1.5	0	14.5	5.9
Jul	36° / 20°	2	0.6	0	14.3	3.1
Aug	36° / 20°	1	0.3	0	13.4	3.0
Sep	31° / 15°	3	0.7	0	12.2	6.0
Oct	24° / 10°	45	5	0	11.1	8.0
Nov	15° / 4°	100	8.6	0.7	10	4.8
Dec	9° / -1°	133	10	5	9.5	1.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 97% of the time in August, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 0%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99
Cloudier (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Soran gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:36
Sunset (PM)	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.9	5:11	7:05
2	13.9	5:12	7:04
3	13.8	5:13	7:03
4	13.8	5:14	7:02
5	13.8	5:14	7:01
6	13.7	5:15	7:00
7	13.7	5:16	6:59
8	13.7	5:17	6:58
9	13.6	5:18	6:57
10	13.6	5:19	6:55
11	13.6	5:19	6:54
12	13.5	5:20	6:53
13	13.5	5:21	6:52
14	13.5	5:22	6:51
15	13.4	5:23	6:49
16	13.4	5:24	6:48
17	13.4	5:24	6:47
18	13.3	5:25	6:46
19	13.3	5:26	6:44
20	13.3	5:27	6:43
21	13.2	5:28	6:42
22	13.2	5:29	6:40
23	13.2	5:29	6:39
24	13.1	5:30	6:38
25	13.1	5:31	6:36
26	13.0	5:32	6:35
27	13.0	5:33	6:33
28	13.0	5:34	6:32
29	12.9	5:34	6:31
30	12.9	5:35	6:29
31	12.9	5:36	6:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 7.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.22 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.5	Intense
2	7.5	Intense
3	7.5	Intense
4	7.5	Intense
5	7.5	Intense
6	7.5	Intense
7	7.5	Intense
8	7.4	Intense
9	7.4	Intense
10	7.4	Intense
11	7.4	Intense
12	7.3	Intense
13	7.3	Intense
14	7.3	Intense
15	7.3	Intense
16	7.3	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.2	Intense
19	7.2	Intense
20	7.1	Intense
21	7.1	Intense
22	7.0	Intense
23	7.0	Intense
24	7.0	Intense
25	6.9	Intense
26	6.9	Intense
27	6.9	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.8	Intense
31	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Soran

In seasonPeak

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

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

Soran sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season

Dust

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May

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Soran?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

6.8

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Soran in August

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

In August, Soran sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Soran 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 Soran 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	3	4	6	9	11	10	10	8	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Soran 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 Soran 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	26	30	37	38	37	30	29	29	28	29	25	25
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	26	Moderate
Feb	30	Moderate
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	37	Poor
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	25	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Soran?

Soran sits at 36.7°N, 44.5°E, 741 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Ṟuwandiz, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Soran

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Soran has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 792 m around an average of 714 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,150 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,445 m.

The land around Soran is covered by grassland (39%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) within 80 km.

3 km

792 m

grassland 39%

16 km

2,150 m

grassland 76%

80 km

3,445 m

grassland 70%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← July Soran year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Ṟuwandiz 5.0 km · Khalīfān 13 km · Ḩarir 21 km · Shaqlāwah 34 km · Pīrmām 43 km · Hajiawa 52 km · Piranshahr 54 km · Rānyah 54 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

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 Soran (36.6556°, 44.5422°, elevation 741 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	21
5	36	21
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	21
9	36	20
10	36	20
11	36	20
12	36	20
13	36	20
14	36	20
15	36	20
16	36	20
17	36	20
18	36	20
19	36	20
20	36	19
21	36	19
22	35	19
23	35	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	19
27	35	19
28	35	18
29	35	18
30	34	18
31	34	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	21
5	36	21
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	21
9	36	20
10	36	20
11	36	20
12	36	20
13	36	20
14	36	20
15	36	20
16	36	20
17	36	20
18	36	20
19	36	20
20	36	19
21	36	19
22	35	19
23	35	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	19
27	35	19
28	35	18
29	35	18
30	34	18
31	34	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	21
5	36	21
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	21
9	36	20
10	36	20
11	36	20
12	36	20
13	36	20
14	36	20
15	36	20
16	36	20
17	36	20
18	36	20
19	36	20
20	36	19
21	36	19
22	35	19
23	35	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	19
27	35	19
28	35	18
29	35	18
30	34	18
31	34	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0