Climate averages 1991–2020
Salmās weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Salmās: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 32 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khūy (42 km away). In July its highs average 32.9°C, 1.9°C warmer than Salmās, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Salmās ranks joint 110th of 128 for the warmest July highs and 116th of 128 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 128 cities is 35.7°C; Salmās is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Khūy in JulyIran · 42 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in JulyIran · 77 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Yüksekova in JulyTurkey · 81 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.6°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Hakkâri in JulyTurkey · 113 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Sahand in JulyIran · 121 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Van in JulyTurkey · 125 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in JulyAzerbaijan · 126 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Tabriz in JulyIran · 134 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 15 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.