Climate averages 1991–2020

Būkān weather
in January.

A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 4.4°C Daytime mean, January

Average low -5.0°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 40 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a cold month in Būkān: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Saqqez (31 km away). In January its highs average 3.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Būkān, with 59 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Būkān ranks joint 98th of 128 for the warmest January highs and 63rd of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Būkān is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 47 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Būkān climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Būkān, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	4.4°C-5.0°C	-5.0°C	40	7.4	10.010 h
February	6.4°C-3.9°C	-3.9°C	47	8.8	10.811 h
March	12.0°C0.5°C	0.5°C	54	10.4	11.912 h
April	18.0°C5.3°C	5.3°C	49	9.9	13.113 h
May	24.1°C10.4°C	10.4°C	31	8.3	14.114 h
June	31.1°C15.7°C	15.7°C	6.0	1.7	14.615 h
July	35.2°C19.3°C	19.3°C	1.9	0.7	14.414 h
August	35.1°C18.9°C	18.9°C	1.2	0.4	13.614 h
September	29.9°C13.9°C	13.9°C	2.4	0.8	12.412 h
October	22.4°C8.6°C	8.6°C	17	3.7	11.311 h
November	13.0°C2.0°C	2.0°C	37	6.3	10.310 h
December	7.0°C-2.5°C	-2.5°C	37	6.8	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

Distance from Būkān

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Būkān) is explained once on the Būkān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.