Climate averages 1991–2020
Marīvān weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Marīvān: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāneh (60 km away). In January its highs average 2.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Marīvān, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Marīvān ranks joint 93rd of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 114th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Marīvān is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 6.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 124 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
Marīvān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 112 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 6.2°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 124 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 11.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 114 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 82 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 30 | 6.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 35.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.3 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.3 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 26 | 3.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 68 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 89 | 10.0 | 9.810 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
- Bāneh in JanuaryIran · 60 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in JanuaryIraq · 68 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Sanandaj in JanuaryIran · 77 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -6.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Saqqez in JanuaryIran · 82 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Būkān in JanuaryIran · 112 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Qeładizê in JanuaryIraq · 120 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Kelar in JanuaryIraq · 126 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Rānyah in JanuaryIraq · 143 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 152 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 Marīvān) is explained once on the Marīvān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.