Climate averages 1991–2020
Piranshahr weather
by month.
See how the year changes. August has the highest average daily maximum; August has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Pleasant-weather months by our simple rule: JuneSeptemberOctober
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Piranshahr averages a daytime high of 17.2°C and a nighttime low of 7.8°C, with about 661 mm of rain on roughly 91 days. August is the warmest month (average high 32.6°C) and January the coolest (2.1°C). March is the wettest month with 108 mm; August is the driest with 3.2 mm.
Months with pleasant weather by a simple rule (average high between 18°C and 29°C, average low of at least 5°C and at most 8 rain days): June, September and October. This looks at temperature and rain only, not humidity, wind, sea temperature or crowds.
The annual picture
A year in Piranshahr
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
Piranshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 84 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 96 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 7.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 108 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 95 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 62 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 13 | 3.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 5.5 | 1.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 7.7 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 71 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.6°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 78 | 9.0 | 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
Nearby cities
- NaqadehIran · 36 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 295 mm rain a year
- MahābādIran · 52 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.0°C · 340 mm rain a year
- SoranIraq · 54 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.1°C · 954 mm rain a year
- RānyahIraq · 55 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 841 mm rain a year
- QeładizêIraq · 58 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 905 mm rain a year
- HajiawaIraq · 60 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 10.9°C · 896 mm rain a year
- MīāndoābIran · 91 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 268 mm rain a year
- OrūmīyehIran · 95 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 371 mm rain a year
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 limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+3:30, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 36.70°, 45.10° (4 km from the city centre), adjusted up by 2.4°C for the difference between the city's elevation (1,444 m) and the cell's (1,811 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 36.75°, 45.25°. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.