Climate averages 1991–2020

Zanjan weather
in September.

A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.6°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 11.9°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 7.9 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Zanjan · average highYear overview

September is a warm month in Zanjan: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 7.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mīāneh (108 km away). In September its highs average 29.1°C, 3.6°C warmer than Zanjan, with 5.9 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zanjan ranks 117th of 128 for the warmest September highs and 110th of 128 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 128 cities is 31.0°C; Zanjan is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.9 mm to 35 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Zanjan climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Zanjan, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 2.2°C-7.2°C-7.2°C439.010.010 h
February 4.1°C-6.1°C-6.1°C5310.310.811 h
March 10.2°C-1.5°C-1.5°C6812.911.912 h
April 16.5°C3.7°C3.7°C7613.413.113 h
May 21.8°C8.5°C8.5°C5812.414.114 h
June 26.6°C12.1°C12.1°C164.614.615 h
July 28.5°C13.9°C13.9°C9.72.814.414 h
August 29.1°C14.4°C14.4°C5.82.113.614 h
September, selected 25.6°C11.9°C11.9°C7.92.112.512 h
October 19.1°C7.2°C7.2°C356.611.311 h
November 10.4°C0.5°C0.5°C558.610.310 h
December 4.9°C-4.4°C-4.4°C407.99.710 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Zanjan

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Zanjan) is explained once on the Zanjan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.