Abhar climate — normals and trends
Abhar (Iran) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 460 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Abhar averages 124 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 86 rainy days per year.
Abhar has warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.42 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 146 to 102 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 29 July 1973) and the coldest -24.7 °C (on 14 January 1940).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
AbharZanjan
- coords
- 36.15°, 49.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.0°C
Average daily high
15.4°C
Average daily low
3.6°C
Annual rainfall
460mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
14.3km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
124 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
86 d/yr
Annual snowfall
120.5 cm
Average feels-like high
12.9 °C
Average feels-like low
0.8 °C
Average peak gust
35.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.5 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.3 °C
29 July 1973
Coldest day
-24.7 °C
14 January 1940
Wettest day
49 mm
1 April 2019
Windiest day
45.3 km/h
18 March 1963
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
15 March 2008
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
31 July 1976
Coldest feels-like
-30.2 °C
14 January 1940
Snowiest day
25.8 cm
29 October 2011
Sunniest day
14.0 h
23 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.1 °C | +4.9 °C | 28 mm | -16 mm |
| Feb | 2.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 61 mm | +13 mm |
| Mar | 12.7 °C | +5.0 °C | 98 mm | +29 mm |
| Apr | 18.4 °C | +3.2 °C | 76 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 24.8 °C | +4.1 °C | 28 mm | -29 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 7 mm | -8 mm |
| Jul | 29.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 10 mm | +2 mm |
| Aug | 31.7 °C | +3.9 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 26.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 10 mm | +3 mm |
| Oct | 23.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 1 mm | -33 mm |
| Nov | 16.4 °C | +5.7 °C | 4 mm | -45 mm |
| Dec | 7.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 45 mm | +3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Abhar?
Abhar has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.0 °C and it receives 460 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abhar?
The hottest day measured in Abhar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 July 1973, reaching 38.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Abhar?
The coldest day measured in Abhar between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1940, at -24.7 °C.
Does it snow in Abhar?
Yes. Abhar gets on average 120.5 cm of snow per year and has around 124 frost days.
Has the climate of Abhar warmed?
Yes: Abhar warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Abhar?
The wettest day measured in Abhar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 2019, with 49 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Abhar?
The windiest day measured in Abhar between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 1963, with winds reaching 45.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Abhar?
The warmest month in Abhar is July (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Abhar?
Abhar receives on average 460 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 86 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Abhar?
Abhar gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Abhar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Abhar between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2011, with 25.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Abhar?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Abhar.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Abhar?
In Abhar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 31 July 1976, and the lowest was -30.2 °C on 14 January 1940.
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