Climate averages 1991–2020
Behshahr weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Behshahr: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sari (46 km away). In January its highs average 12.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Behshahr, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Behshahr ranks joint 27th of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 93rd of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Behshahr is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 13.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 65 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
Behshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 64 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 65 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 71 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 50 | 8.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 33 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 25 | 4.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25 | 4.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 22 | 4.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 71 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 78 | 7.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 87 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 59 | 7.5 | 9.710 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
- Sari in JanuaryIran · 46 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in JanuaryIran · 66 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Bābol in JanuaryIran · 80 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Āmol in JanuaryIran · 110 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 128 mm rain
- Semnan in JanuaryIran · 125 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Shahrud in JanuaryIran · 131 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in JanuaryIran · 156 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 1.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Būmahen in JanuaryIran · 185 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
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 Behshahr) is explained once on the Behshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.