Climate averages 1991–2020
Sahand weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Sahand: daytime highs average 4.1°C and nights cool to about -5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tabriz (21 km away). In December its highs average 5.0°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sahand, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sahand ranks 127th of 128 for the warmest December highs and joint 28th of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Sahand is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 2.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Sahand 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-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 22 | 5.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.2°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 43 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 41 | 8.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 28 | 6.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 9.0 | 2.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 5.5 | 1.7 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 4.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 25 | 6.0 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Tabriz in DecemberIran · 21 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in DecemberIran · 63 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -3.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Bonāb in DecemberIran · 68 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -3.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in DecemberIran · 101 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -3.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Ahar in DecemberIran · 102 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in DecemberIran · 109 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -3.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Salmās in DecemberIran · 121 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -6.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Khūy in DecemberIran · 121 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 32 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 Sahand) is explained once on the Sahand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.