Climate averages 1991–2020
Masjed Soleymān weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Masjed Soleymān: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shūshtar (45 km away). In January its highs average 16.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Masjed Soleymān, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Masjed Soleymān ranks 16th of 128 for the warmest January highs and 122nd of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Masjed Soleymān is 7.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 120 mm to 87 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
Masjed Soleymān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 120 | 10.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 8.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 105 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 60 | 5.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 6.7 | 1.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 45.1°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 45.0°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 14 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 93 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 128 | 8.7 | 10.110 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
- Shūshtar in JanuaryIran · 45 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 6.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Īz̄eh in JanuaryIran · 55 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 148 mm rain
- Rāmhormoz in JanuaryIran · 78 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Ahvaz in JanuaryIran · 90 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Dezful in JanuaryIran · 98 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Shūsh in JanuaryIran · 104 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Andīmeshk in JanuaryIran · 107 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Shahr-e Kord in JanuaryIran · 153 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -8.6°C · 70 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 Masjed Soleymān) is explained once on the Masjed Soleymān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.