Climate averages 1991–2020
Salmās weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Salmās: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khūy (42 km away). In April its highs average 18.3°C, 1.8°C warmer than Salmās, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Salmās ranks joint 112th of 128 for the warmest April highs and joint 101st of 128 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 128 cities is 21.8°C; Salmās is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 81 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Salmās climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 27 | 6.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.5°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 29 | 6.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.1°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 54 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 66 | 12.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 81 | 16.1 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 42 | 9.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 18 | 4.1 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 12 | 2.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 16 | 3.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 30 | 7.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.6°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 31 | 5.8 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.3°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 27 | 6.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Khūy in AprilIran · 42 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 4.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in AprilIran · 77 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Yüksekova in AprilTurkey · 81 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Hakkâri in AprilTurkey · 113 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Sahand in AprilIran · 121 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Van in AprilTurkey · 125 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in AprilAzerbaijan · 126 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 6.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Tabriz in AprilIran · 134 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 67 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 Salmās) is explained once on the Salmās year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.