Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ahar
Ahar climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation284 mm83 wet days a year
38.48° N, 47.07° EElevation 1,336 mUTC+3:30 · Iran Standard Time
When to goAhar · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low18° / 6°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ahar has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 27° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 3° and lows of -8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 284 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (50 mm, 12 wet days) and August the driest (8 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 13% in July to 34% in April.
Compared with Tehran, the capital, Ahar is 7.2° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · August
- Coldest nights
- -8° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 13% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 50 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 30 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 3° | 4° | 9° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 27° | 24° | 18° | 11° | 5° |
| Average low | -8° | -7° | -3° | 3° | 8° | 12° | 15° | 15° | 11° | 6° | 0° | -5° |
| Precipitation | 17 mm | 19 mm | 31 mm | 44 mm | 50 mm | 23 mm | 10 mm | 8 mm | 11 mm | 25 mm | 26 mm | 20 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.2 | 6.5 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 12 | 5 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 30% | 32% | 34% | 29% | 18% | 13% | 14% | 18% | 27% | 27% | 28% |
| Daylight | 9h 46 | 10h 46 | 11h 54 | 13h 11 | 14h 15 | 14h 50 | 14h 36 | 13h 41 | 12h 29 | 11h 15 | 10h 07 | 9h 30 |
| Month score | 41 | 43 | 35 | 67 | 72 | 88 | 81 | 86 | 82 | 82 | 47 | 42 |
ivMonth by month
Ahar in every month
January41
3° / -8°
17 mm · 7.2 wet days
February43
4° / -7°
19 mm · 6.5 wet days
March35
9° / -3°
31 mm · 9.2 wet days
April67
16° / 3°
44 mm · 8.2 wet days
May72
20° / 8°
50 mm · 12 wet days
June88
24° / 12°
23 mm · 5 wet days
July81
27° / 15°
10 mm · 4.5 wet days
August86
27° / 15°
8 mm · 2.2 wet days
September82
24° / 11°
11 mm · 7.7 wet days
October82
18° / 6°
25 mm · 7.3 wet days
November47
11° / 0°
26 mm · 6.8 wet days
December42
5° / -5°
20 mm · 6.8 wet days