Climate averages 1991–2020
Piranshahr weather
in February.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Piranshahr: daytime highs average 3.3°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naqadeh (36 km away). In February its highs average 5.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Piranshahr, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Piranshahr ranks 126th of 128 for the warmest February highs and 118th of 128 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 128 cities is 10.7°C; Piranshahr is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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
February in nearby cities
- Naqadeh in FebruaryIran · 36 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Mahābād in FebruaryIran · 52 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -4.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Soran in FebruaryIraq · 54 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Rānyah in FebruaryIraq · 55 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Qeładizê in FebruaryIraq · 58 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Hajiawa in FebruaryIraq · 60 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 0.3°C · 158 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in FebruaryIran · 91 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in FebruaryIran · 95 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 43 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.