Climate averages 1991–2020
Iğdır weather
in January.
A cold, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Iğdır: daytime highs average 4.0°C and nights cool to about -7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doğubayazıt (42 km away). In January its highs average 1.4°C, 2.6°C cooler than Iğdır, with 30 mm of precipitation.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Iğdır ranks joint 117th of 138 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 138 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Iğdır is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 6.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 36 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
Iğdır climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 4.0°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 29 | 5.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 6.0°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 36 | 7.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 11.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 59 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 75 | 16.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 42 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| July | 31.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 29 | 7.9 | 14.715 h |
| August | 31.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 16 | 5.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 30 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 33 | 5.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 5.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 32 | 6.1 | 9.49 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
- Doğubayazıt in JanuaryTurkey · 42 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -10.4°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Yerevan in JanuaryArmenia · 49 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -6.8°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Ağrı in JanuaryTurkey · 89 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Gyumri in JanuaryArmenia · 98 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -10.9°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Vanadzor in JanuaryArmenia · 105 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -9.8°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kars in JanuaryTurkey · 111 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -13.7°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Erciş in JanuaryTurkey · 116 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.3°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Patnos in JanuaryTurkey · 128 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -10.5°C · 44 mm precipitation
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 Iğdır) is explained once on the Iğdır year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.