Climate averages 1991–2020
Orūmīyeh weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Orūmīyeh: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yüksekova (70 km away). In January its highs average -1.0°C, 3.4°C cooler than Orūmīyeh, with 116 mm of precipitation.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Orūmīyeh ranks 118th of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 64th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Orūmīyeh is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 4.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 43 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
Orūmīyeh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 41 | 6.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 43 | 6.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.3°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 59 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 47 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 41 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 13 | 2.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 14.514 h |
| August | 30.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 4.7 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 9.0 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 26 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 41 | 6.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 40 | 7.0 | 9.610 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
- Yüksekova in JanuaryTurkey · 70 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -9.2°C · 116 mm precipitation
- Naqadeh in JanuaryIran · 72 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Salmās in JanuaryIran · 77 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Bonāb in JanuaryIran · 90 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Piranshahr in JanuaryIran · 95 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Sahand in JanuaryIran · 101 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in JanuaryIran · 104 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -6.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Mahābād in JanuaryIran · 105 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.4°C · 42 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 Orūmīyeh) is explained once on the Orūmīyeh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.