Climate averages 1991–2020
Tabriz weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Tabriz: daytime highs average 3.1°C and nights cool to about -5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sahand (21 km away). In January its highs average 2.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Tabriz, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Tabriz ranks joint 112th of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 34th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Tabriz is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 5.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 42 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
Tabriz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 3.1°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 31 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 42 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.2°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 59 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 67 | 10.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 54 | 9.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 22 | 4.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 15 | 3.8 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 7.7 | 2.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.5 | 1.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 21 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 39 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.0°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 34 | 7.1 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sahand in JanuaryIran · 21 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -7.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in JanuaryIran · 77 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -6.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Ahar in JanuaryIran · 81 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -6.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Bonāb in JanuaryIran · 85 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -5.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in JanuaryIran · 122 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in JanuaryIran · 125 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -5.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Meshgīn Shahr in JanuaryIran · 126 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -5.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Khūy in JanuaryIran · 128 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -6.2°C · 33 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 Tabriz) is explained once on the Tabriz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.