Basra Weather in August
Basra in August
The short of it: Basra in August averages a high of 36 °C (98 °F) and a low of 27 °C (81 °F), with 89 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 36° · low 27° · rain 89 mm · daylight 13 h 20 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: February & December
Thirty years of records give Basra an average August high of 36°, a low of 27° and some 89 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 36° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 89 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 20 min in mid-August, 45 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and December.
Against its neighbours, Basra runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Jhawarian, 7 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
August in Basra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 13 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h