Climate averages 1991–2020
Ahar weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Ahar: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Meshgīn Shahr (54 km away). In December its highs average 5.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Ahar, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ahar ranks joint 117th of 128 for the warmest December highs and joint 44th of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Ahar is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 3.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 33 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Ahar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 33 | 7.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.8°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 46 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.8°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 73 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 99 | 17.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 105 | 19.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 59 | 13.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 26.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 22 | 6.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 5.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 32 | 8.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 50 | 8.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.5°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 46 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 5.2°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 33 | 6.4 | 9.510 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
December in nearby cities
- Meshgīn Shahr in DecemberIran · 54 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Tabriz in DecemberIran · 81 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Sahand in DecemberIran · 102 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Ardabīl in DecemberIran · 110 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Lerik in DecemberAzerbaijan · 121 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Mīāneh in DecemberIran · 130 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in DecemberIran · 141 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -3.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Pārsābād in DecemberIran · 149 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 26 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 Ahar) is explained once on the Ahar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.