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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ardabil
Ardabil climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean10°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation300 mm107 wet days a year
38.25° N, 48.29° EElevation 1,353 mUTC+3:30 · Iran Standard Time
When to goArdabil · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low18° / 7°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ardabil 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 4° and lows of -6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 300 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. May is the wettest month (43 mm, 13 wet days) and June the driest (16 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 19% in July to 38% in April.
Compared with Tehran, the capital, Ardabil is 7.7° cooler on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · August
- Coldest nights
- -6° · January
- Wettest month
- May
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- July · 19% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 49 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 31 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 | 4° | 5° | 9° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 24° | 18° | 12° | 6° |
| Average low | -6° | -6° | -2° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 15° | 15° | 12° | 7° | 1° | -4° |
| Precipitation | 24 mm | 23 mm | 35 mm | 41 mm | 43 mm | 16 mm | 8 mm | 8 mm | 14 mm | 32 mm | 34 mm | 22 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 10.2 | 9.5 | 10.3 | 7.3 | 12.5 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 11.7 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 34% | 36% | 38% | 35% | 25% | 19% | 23% | 32% | 37% | 33% | 31% |
| Daylight | 9h 47 | 10h 46 | 11h 54 | 13h 10 | 14h 14 | 14h 49 | 14h 35 | 13h 41 | 12h 28 | 11h 15 | 10h 08 | 9h 31 |
| Month score | 34 | 34 | 31 | 69 | 68 | 91 | 81 | 85 | 74 | 69 | 40 | 30 |
ivMonth by month
Ardabil in every month
January34
4° / -6°
24 mm · 10.2 wet days
February34
5° / -6°
23 mm · 9.5 wet days
March31
9° / -2°
35 mm · 10.3 wet days
April69
16° / 4°
41 mm · 7.3 wet days
May68
20° / 8°
43 mm · 12.5 wet days
June91
24° / 12°
16 mm · 3.7 wet days
July81
26° / 15°
8 mm · 5.5 wet days
August85
27° / 15°
8 mm · 3.7 wet days
September74
24° / 12°
14 mm · 10.8 wet days
October69
18° / 7°
32 mm · 11.7 wet days
November40
12° / 1°
34 mm · 10.5 wet days
December30
6° / -4°
22 mm · 11.7 wet days