Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanandaj weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Sanandaj: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qorveh (75 km away). In July its highs average 33.2°C, 2.0°C cooler than Sanandaj, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sanandaj ranks joint 65th of 128 for the warmest July highs and joint 43rd of 128 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 128 cities is 35.7°C; Sanandaj is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Sanandaj climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Qorveh in JulyIran · 75 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Marīvān in JulyIran · 77 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kermanshah in JulyIran · 111 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Saqqez in JulyIran · 123 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Bāneh in JulyIran · 126 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in JulyIran · 141 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in JulyIraq · 145 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Hamadān in JulyIran · 149 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.6 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.