Climate averages 1991–2020

Sahand weather
in February.

A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 4.2°C Daytime mean, February
Average low -5.8°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 31 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sahand · average highYear overview

February is a cold month in Sahand: daytime highs average 4.2°C and nights cool to about -5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 46 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tabriz (21 km away). In February its highs average 5.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Sahand, with 42 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sahand ranks joint 117th of 128 for the warmest February highs and joint 29th of 128 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 128 cities is 10.7°C; Sahand is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 9.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 43 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sahand, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 2.1°C-7.0°C-7.0°C225.79.910 h
February, selected 4.2°C-5.8°C-5.8°C316.910.811 h
March 9.3°C-2.3°C-2.3°C439.011.912 h
April 15.3°C2.6°C2.6°C418.013.213 h
May 21.1°C7.4°C7.4°C286.714.214 h
June 27.4°C12.3°C12.3°C9.02.514.715 h
July 31.0°C15.9°C15.9°C5.51.714.515 h
August 31.0°C15.9°C15.9°C2.80.713.614 h
September 25.9°C11.4°C11.4°C2.80.612.512 h
October 18.6°C5.8°C5.8°C132.711.211 h
November 9.7°C-1.1°C-1.1°C285.110.210 h
December 4.1°C-5.4°C-5.4°C256.09.610 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Sahand

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 limits

How 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.