Kirkuk Weather in August
Kirkuk in August
The short of it: Kirkuk in August averages a high of 44 °C (111 °F) and a low of 29 °C (84 °F), with 0.0 mm (0.00 in) of rain and about 13 h 29 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 44° · low 29° · rain 0.0 mm · daylight 13 h 29 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & April
Thirty years of records give Kirkuk an average August high of 44°, a low of 29° and some 0.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 44° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 0.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 29 min in mid-August, 51 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and April.
Against its neighbours, Kirkuk runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Tāzah Khūrmātū, 19 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Kirkuk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 29 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tāzah KhūrmātūKirkuk | 19 km SSW | 44° | 28° | 0.0 mm |
| JamjamālSulaymaniyah | 41 km E | 43° | 27° | 0.0 mm |
| ShūrashSulaymaniyah | 41 km E | 43° | 27° | 0.0 mm |
| Ţūz KhūrmātūSalah ad Din | 68 km SSE | 45° | 28° | 0.0 mm |
| KoysinceqErbil | 72 km NNE | 42° | 27° | 0.0 mm |
| KhasnahzānErbil | 85 km NNW | 42° | 26° | 0.0 mm |
| ErbilErbil | 87 km NNW | 42° | 27° | 0.0 mm |
| AlZwyaSalah ad Din | 92 km WSW | 44° | 28° | 0.0 mm |