Climate averages 1991–2020
Piranshahr weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Piranshahr: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naqadeh (36 km away). In April its highs average 16.9°C, 2.6°C warmer than Piranshahr, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Piranshahr ranks 128th of 128 for the warmest April highs and joint 126th of 128 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 128 cities is 21.8°C; Piranshahr is 7.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
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, selected | 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
April in nearby cities
- Naqadeh in AprilIran · 36 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Mahābād in AprilIran · 52 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Soran in AprilIraq · 54 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Rānyah in AprilIraq · 55 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Qeładizê in AprilIraq · 58 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Hajiawa in AprilIraq · 60 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 107 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in AprilIran · 91 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in AprilIran · 95 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 47 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 Piranshahr) is explained once on the Piranshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.