Ţūz Khūrmātū weather in August

In August, Ţūz Khūrmātū sees average daytime highs of 43°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 Ţūz Khūrmātū's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ţūz Khūrmātū's year-round climate.

Daytime high
43°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:26 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
3%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ţūz Khūrmātū is city.

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 44°C in the first days to 42°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ţūz Khūrmātū reaches about 43°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 15°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 Ţūz Khūrmātū

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
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31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
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wind chill below the day's low

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

Ţūz Khūrmātū 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° / 758.49.94.5
Feb16° / 64810.75.4
Mar21° / 10°607.111.77.2
Apr27° / 15°39512.97.2
May34° / 21°102.413.83.5
Jun40° / 26°00.114.30.2
Jul43° / 29°00.114.10.0
Aug43° / 28°0013.30.0
Sep39° / 24°10.112.21.0
Oct32° / 19°232.111.15.2
Nov22° / 12°505.310.27.7
Dec16° / 727.59.75.6

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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Chance of precipitation in August

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Ţūz Khūrmātū 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

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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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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 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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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 5:14 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:147:01
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413.75:176:58
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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 7.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.61 kWh/m² to a high of 7.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — August's 7.34 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ţūz Khūrmātū

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

Ţūz Khūrmātū sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

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Is August a good time to visit Ţūz Khūrmātū?

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
0.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ţūz Khūrmātū.

What to pack for Ţūz Khūrmātū in August

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

In August, Ţūz Khūrmātū sees daytime highs around 43°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ţūz Khūrmātū in August

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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 Ţūz Khūrmātū peaks around June 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ţūz Khūrmātū 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 Ţūz Khūrmātū is worst in March — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 2345 µg/m³Nov 2332 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan34Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar45Poor
Apr45Poor
May44Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul38Poor
Aug37Poor
Sep36Poor
Oct36Poor
Nov32Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ţūz Khūrmātū?

Ţūz Khūrmātū sits at 34.9°N, 44.6°E, 227 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Kifrī, 37 km away.

Tāzah KhūrmātūKirkukKelarShūrashJamjamālAl-'AlamKhānaqīn

Topography around Ţūz Khūrmātū

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ţūz Khūrmātū has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 239 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,782 m.

The land around Ţūz Khūrmātū is covered by bare terrain (35%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, bare terrain (41%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (38%), grassland (30%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

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treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Kifrī 37 km · Tāzah Khūrmātū 54 km · Kirkuk 68 km · Kelar 69 km · Shūrash 72 km · Jamjamāl 74 km · Al-'Alam 88 km · Khānaqīn 92 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 Ţūz Khūrmātū (34.8881°, 44.6326°, elevation 227 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).