Climate averages 1991–2020
Soran weather
in January.
A cold, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Soran: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about -1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hajiawa (52 km away). In January its highs average 9.4°C, 1.9°C warmer than Soran, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Soran ranks 59th of 59 for the warmest January highs and 56th of 59 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 59 cities is 14.5°C; Soran is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 156 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
Soran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 7.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 150 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 156 | 12.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 169 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 132 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 60 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 4.5 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 37.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 44 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 100 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 132 | 10.0 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hajiawa in JanuaryIraq · 52 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Piranshahr in JanuaryIran · 54 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Rānyah in JanuaryIraq · 54 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.8°C · 152 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in JanuaryIraq · 59 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.3°C · 102 mm rain
- 'Ākra in JanuaryIraq · 60 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in JanuaryIraq · 62 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Erbil in JanuaryIraq · 70 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 102 mm rain
- Qeładizê in JanuaryIraq · 74 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -1.1°C · 155 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 Soran) is explained once on the Soran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.