Climate averages 1991–2020
Saqqez weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Saqqez: daytime highs average 4.6°C and nights cool to about -5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 50 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Būkān (31 km away). In February its highs average 6.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Saqqez, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Saqqez ranks joint 114th of 128 for the warmest February highs and joint 98th of 128 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 128 cities is 10.7°C; Saqqez is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 10.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Saqqez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 59 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February, selected | 4.6°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 66 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 71 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 62 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 4.9 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 34.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 7.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 51 | 8.2 | 9.710 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
February in nearby cities
- Būkān in FebruaryIran · 31 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Bāneh in FebruaryIran · 45 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Mahābād in FebruaryIran · 75 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -4.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in FebruaryIran · 81 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -4.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Marīvān in FebruaryIran · 82 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -4.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Qeładizê in FebruaryIraq · 103 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in FebruaryIraq · 107 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Naqadeh in FebruaryIran · 111 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -5.7°C · 41 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 Saqqez) is explained once on the Saqqez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.