Climate averages 1991–2020
Piranshahr weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Piranshahr: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naqadeh (36 km away). In January its highs average 3.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Piranshahr, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Piranshahr ranks joint 122nd of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 104th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Piranshahr is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 3.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 96 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
Piranshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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
January in nearby cities
- Naqadeh in JanuaryIran · 36 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Mahābād in JanuaryIran · 52 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Soran in JanuaryIraq · 54 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -1.3°C · 150 mm rain
- Rānyah in JanuaryIraq · 55 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Qeładizê in JanuaryIraq · 58 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Hajiawa in JanuaryIraq · 60 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in JanuaryIran · 91 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -5.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in JanuaryIran · 95 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 41 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.