Climate averages 1991–2020
Mahābād weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Mahābād: daytime highs average 6.3°C and nights cool to about -4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naqadeh (37 km away). In February its highs average 5.2°C, 1.2°C cooler than Mahābād, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Mahābād ranks 99th of 128 for the warmest February highs and joint 74th of 128 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 128 cities is 10.7°C; Mahābād is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Mahābād climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 42 | 7.1 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 6.3°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 48 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 11.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 57 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 50 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 34 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 7.0 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 18 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.9°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 38 | 6.6 | 10.210 h |
| December | 6.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 41 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Naqadeh in FebruaryIran · 37 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in FebruaryIran · 41 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Būkān in FebruaryIran · 51 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Piranshahr in FebruaryIran · 52 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Bonāb in FebruaryIran · 71 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -3.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Saqqez in FebruaryIran · 75 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -5.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Qeładizê in FebruaryIraq · 83 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in FebruaryIran · 84 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -4.8°C · 59 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 Mahābād) is explained once on the Mahābād year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.