Climate averages 1991–2020
Ardabīl weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Ardabīl: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about -6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Meshgīn Shahr (56 km away). In January its highs average 4.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Ardabīl, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ardabīl ranks 106th of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 46th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Ardabīl is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 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
Ardabīl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.4°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 36 | 7.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.6°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 46 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 58 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 65 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 60 | 13.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 23 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 12 | 3.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 25.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 10 | 2.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 24 | 6.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 48 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 53 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 36 | 7.0 | 9.610 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 · 56 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Lerik in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 59 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Lankaran in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 74 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Mīāneh in JanuaryIran · 105 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -3.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Ahar in JanuaryIran · 110 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -6.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in JanuaryIran · 134 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Rasht in JanuaryIran · 157 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Pārsābād in JanuaryIran · 159 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 Ardabīl) is explained once on the Ardabīl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.