Climate averages 1991–2020
Sanandaj weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Sanandaj: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qorveh (75 km away). In September its highs average 27.4°C, 2.5°C cooler than Sanandaj, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sanandaj ranks joint 63rd of 128 for the warmest September highs and joint 61st of 128 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 128 cities is 31.0°C; Sanandaj is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.5°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 26 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Qorveh in SeptemberIran · 75 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Marīvān in SeptemberIran · 77 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kermanshah in SeptemberIran · 111 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Saqqez in SeptemberIran · 123 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 13.2°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Bāneh in SeptemberIran · 126 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in SeptemberIran · 141 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in SeptemberIraq · 145 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Hamadān in SeptemberIran · 149 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 2.0 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.