Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonbad-e Kāvūs weather
in January.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Gonbad-e Kāvūs: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 52 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 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shahrud (94 km away). In January its highs average 5.2°C, 7.5°C cooler than Gonbad-e Kāvūs, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Gonbad-e Kāvūs ranks joint 27th of 128 for the warmest January highs and 83rd of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Gonbad-e Kāvūs is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 67 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
Gonbad-e Kāvūs 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°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 52 | 7.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 8.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 78 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 63 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 34 | 5.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 4.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 34.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| August | 34.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 33 | 5.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 35 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 36 | 5.9 | 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
- Shahrud in JanuaryIran · 94 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Behshahr in JanuaryIran · 156 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in JanuaryIran · 193 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -4.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Sari in JanuaryIran · 202 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in JanuaryIran · 222 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Bābol in JanuaryIran · 235 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Semnan in JanuaryIran · 245 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -1.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Shīrvān in JanuaryIran · 245 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -5.2°C · 26 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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs) is explained once on the Gonbad-e Kāvūs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.