The temperature in August is +41°C on average, with a range between a maximum of +44°C during the day and a minimum of +20°C at night.
The average maximum temperature goes down 8% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +42°C to +40°C.
Sulaymaniyah is typically hot in August.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +39°C to +39°C. The minimum temperature also goes up from +22°C to +22°C.
Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.
August is the hottest month in Sulaymaniyah, here is the comparison with other months:
July | August | September | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg. temperature | ||||||
+39°C | +39°C | +34°C | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+15°C | +15°C | +6°C | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+46°C | +45°C | +42°C | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
2 m/s | 1 m/s | 1 m/s | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
22% | 23% | 26% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
1001 HPa | 1003 HPa | 1009 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
30 | 30 | 28 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Snowy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 |
August weather is still as good as in July. The temperature levels stay the same in the area of +39°C for average maximum temperature during the day. The rainfall amount in August stays the same as in the previous month with a 0 mm of total precipitation. Humidity rises from 22% to 23%. Winds are calmer in comparison to July, going down from 2 m/s to 1 m/s on average. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 30 sunny days during the month.
September brings much the same weather, it remains good.
The average wind speed is 3 m/s getting up to 6 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Sulaymaniyah is gradually decreasing during August, going from 3 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in Sulaymaniyah in August has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1984 (+38°C) and the highest in 2022 (+44°C). The driest year was 2006 with only 0 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2022 with 0 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Sulaymaniyah, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.