Climate averages 1991–2020
Abadan weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Abadan: daytime highs average 42.5°C and nights cool to about 27.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khorramshahr (16 km away). In September its highs average 42.8°C, about as warm as Abadan, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Abadan ranks joint 3rd of 128 for the warmest September highs and joint 7th of 128 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 128 cities is 31.0°C; Abadan is 11.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 36.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 5.5 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Khorramshahr in SeptemberIran · 16 kmHigh 42.8°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in SeptemberIraq · 42 kmHigh 42.9°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Fāw in SeptemberIraq · 44 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 29.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in SeptemberIraq · 50 kmHigh 42.7°C · Low 27.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Basrah in SeptemberIraq · 54 kmHigh 43.0°C · Low 27.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in SeptemberIraq · 58 kmHigh 42.9°C · Low 27.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in SeptemberIran · 77 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 28.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Bandar-e Māhshahr in SeptemberIran · 88 kmHigh 42.2°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.6 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.