Sāmarrā’ Weather in August
Sāmarrā’ in August
The short of it: Sāmarrā’ in August averages a high of 45 °C (112 °F) and a low of 28 °C (82 °F), with 0.0 mm (0.00 in) of rain and about 13 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are March and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 45° · low 28° · rain 0.0 mm · daylight 13 h 25 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: March & February
Thirty years of records give Sāmarrā’ an average August high of 45°, a low of 28° and some 0.0 mm of rain. The height of summer in Sāmarrā’, with afternoons near 45°. Rain is scarce, about 0.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 25 min in mid-August, 48 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 March and February.
Against its neighbours, Sāmarrā’ runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Balad, 31 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Sāmarrā’, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 17°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BaladSalah ad Din | 31 km SE | 44° | 27° | 0.0 mm |
| TikrītSalah ad Din | 50 km NNW | 45° | 28° | 0.0 mm |
| Ad DujaylSalah ad Din | 50 km SE | 44° | 27° | 0.0 mm |
| Al-'AlamSalah ad Din | 60 km NNW | 44° | 28° | 0.0 mm |
| HabhabDiyala | 73 km SE | 45° | 27° | 0.0 mm |
| KhālişDiyala | 74 km SE | 45° | 27° | 0.0 mm |
| BaqubahDiyala | 83 km SE | 44° | 27° | 0.0 mm |
| Ţūz KhūrmātūSalah ad Din | 103 km NE | 45° | 28° | 0.0 mm |