Climate averages 1991–2020
Kermanshah 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.
January is a cold month in Kermanshah: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eslāmābād-e Gharb (54 km away). In January its highs average 7.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kermanshah, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Kermanshah ranks 75th of 128 for the warmest January highs and 101st of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Kermanshah is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 80 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
Kermanshah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 6.4°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 74 | 10.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.4°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 80 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 92 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 77 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 36.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 28 | 4.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 68 | 8.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 9.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 64 | 9.0 | 9.910 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
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in JanuaryIran · 54 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Īlām in JanuaryIran · 96 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Kūhdasht in JanuaryIran · 100 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Sanandaj in JanuaryIran · 111 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -6.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Qorveh in JanuaryIran · 116 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -7.9°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Nahāvand in JanuaryIran · 121 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -5.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Hamadān in JanuaryIran · 143 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Khorramabad in JanuaryIran · 150 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -2.6°C · 96 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 Kermanshah) is explained once on the Kermanshah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.