Climate averages 1991–2020
Salmās weather
in February.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Salmās: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khūy (42 km away). In February its highs average 6.7°C, 2.2°C warmer than Salmās, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Salmās ranks 116th of 128 for the warmest February highs and joint 22nd of 128 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 128 cities is 10.7°C; Salmās is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.6°C to 10.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Khūy in FebruaryIran · 42 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -4.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in FebruaryIran · 77 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -4.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Yüksekova in FebruaryTurkey · 81 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -7.3°C · 119 mm precipitation
- Hakkâri in FebruaryTurkey · 113 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.4°C · 140 mm precipitation
- Sahand in FebruaryIran · 121 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -5.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Van in FebruaryTurkey · 125 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Naxçıvan in FebruaryAzerbaijan · 126 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Tabriz in FebruaryIran · 134 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.5°C · 42 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.