Climate averages 1991–2020
Salmās weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Salmās: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khūy (42 km away). In September its highs average 28.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Salmās, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Salmās ranks 112th of 128 for the warmest September highs and 113th of 128 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 128 cities is 31.0°C; Salmās is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.1°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Khūy in SeptemberIran · 42 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in SeptemberIran · 77 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Yüksekova in SeptemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Hakkâri in SeptemberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Sahand in SeptemberIran · 121 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Van in SeptemberTurkey · 125 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in SeptemberAzerbaijan · 126 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Tabriz in SeptemberIran · 134 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 6.5 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.