Climate averages 1991–2020
Sahand weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Sahand: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tabriz (21 km away). In January its highs average 3.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sahand, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sahand ranks joint 122nd of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 15th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Sahand is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 4.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 31 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
Sahand 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-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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Tabriz in JanuaryIran · 21 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -5.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in JanuaryIran · 63 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -6.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Bonāb in JanuaryIran · 68 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in JanuaryIran · 101 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Ahar in JanuaryIran · 102 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -6.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in JanuaryIran · 109 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -5.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Salmās in JanuaryIran · 121 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Khūy in JanuaryIran · 121 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -6.2°C · 33 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.