Climate averages 1991–2020
Abadan weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Abadan: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khorramshahr (16 km away). In January its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Abadan, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Abadan ranks joint 5th of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 53rd of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Abadan is 9.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abadan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 18.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 37 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| February | 21.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 19 | 3.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 26.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 22 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 40.2°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 3.1 | 0.4 | 13.714 h |
| June | 45.0°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.3°C32.0°C | 32.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 46.2°C31.4°C | 31.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 42.5°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 36.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 5.5 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 41 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| December | 19.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 34 | 4.8 | 10.210 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Khorramshahr in JanuaryIran · 16 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in JanuaryIraq · 42 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Al Fāw in JanuaryIraq · 44 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in JanuaryIraq · 50 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Basrah in JanuaryIraq · 54 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in JanuaryIraq · 58 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in JanuaryIran · 77 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Bandar-e Māhshahr in JanuaryIran · 88 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 57 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abadan) is explained once on the Abadan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.