Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanandaj weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Sanandaj: daytime highs average 2.0°C and nights cool to about -6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qorveh (75 km away). In January its highs average 1.9°C, about as warm as Sanandaj, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sanandaj ranks 124th of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 93rd of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Sanandaj is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 3.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 67 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
Sanandaj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 2.0°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 64 | 9.8 | 10.110 h |
| February | 3.6°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 67 | 9.5 | 10.911 h |
| March | 10.6°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 76 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 62 | 10.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 29 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 14.514 h |
| July | 35.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 26 | 5.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.1°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 57 | 8.2 | 9.810 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
- Qorveh in JanuaryIran · 75 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -7.9°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Marīvān in JanuaryIran · 77 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -6.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Kermanshah in JanuaryIran · 111 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Saqqez in JanuaryIran · 123 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -6.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Bāneh in JanuaryIran · 126 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in JanuaryIran · 141 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 84 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in JanuaryIraq · 145 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low -0.8°C · 131 mm rain
- Hamadān in JanuaryIran · 149 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.6°C · 48 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 Sanandaj) is explained once on the Sanandaj year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.