Climate averages 1991–2020
Bāneh weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Bāneh: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saqqez (45 km away). In December its highs average 6.0°C, about as warm as Bāneh, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bāneh ranks joint 109th of 128 for the warmest December highs and 114th of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Bāneh is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 2.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 115 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
Bāneh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 115 | 12.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.2°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 122 | 11.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 9.5°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 118 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 95 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 43 | 8.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 34.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 2.3 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 34 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 74 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 5.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 94 | 10.4 | 9.810 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
- Saqqez in DecemberIran · 45 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Marīvān in DecemberIran · 60 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -2.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in DecemberIraq · 63 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Būkān in DecemberIran · 65 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Qeładizê in DecemberIraq · 71 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Mahābād in DecemberIran · 86 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Rānyah in DecemberIraq · 95 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Hajiawa in DecemberIraq · 101 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 135 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 Bāneh) is explained once on the Bāneh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.