Climate averages 1991–2020
Ahar weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Ahar: daytime highs average 3.3°C and nights cool to about -6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Meshgīn Shahr (54 km away). In January its highs average 4.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ahar, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ahar ranks joint 107th of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 39th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Ahar is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 4.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 46 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
Ahar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Meshgīn Shahr in JanuaryIran · 54 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Tabriz in JanuaryIran · 81 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -5.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Sahand in JanuaryIran · 102 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Ardabīl in JanuaryIran · 110 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -6.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Lerik in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 121 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Mīāneh in JanuaryIran · 130 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in JanuaryIran · 141 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -6.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Pārsābād in JanuaryIran · 149 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.1°C · 22 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.