Climate averages 1991–2020
Salmās weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Salmās: daytime highs average 2.2°C and nights cool to about -9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khūy (42 km away). In January its highs average 3.9°C, 1.6°C warmer than Salmās, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Salmās ranks joint 119th of 128 for the warmest January highs and 25th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Salmās is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 29 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
Salmās climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Khūy in JanuaryIran · 42 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -6.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in JanuaryIran · 77 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Yüksekova in JanuaryTurkey · 81 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -9.2°C · 116 mm precipitation
- Hakkâri in JanuaryTurkey · 113 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -8.4°C · 140 mm precipitation
- Sahand in JanuaryIran · 121 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Van in JanuaryTurkey · 125 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -8.2°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Naxçıvan in JanuaryAzerbaijan · 126 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Tabriz in JanuaryIran · 134 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -5.7°C · 31 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.