Eqbālīyeh climate — normals and trends
Eqbālīyeh (Iran) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 159 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 (33.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Eqbālīyeh averages 49 frost days, 149 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 34 rainy days per year.
Eqbālīyeh has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 70 to 28 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.8 °C (on 17 July 2003) and the coldest -21.7 °C (on 8 February 1950).
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
EqbālīyehTehran
- coords
- 35.30°, 51.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.7°C
Average daily high
25.0°C
Average daily low
12.1°C
Annual rainfall
159mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
39%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
29.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
49 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
149 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
34 d/yr
Annual snowfall
12.3 cm
Average feels-like high
22.4 °C
Average feels-like low
9.2 °C
Average peak gust
28.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
107 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
46.8 °C
17 July 2003
Coldest day
-21.7 °C
8 February 1950
Wettest day
36 mm
7 May 1949
Windiest day
46.5 km/h
25 April 1978
Strongest gust
89.3 km/h
7 April 1964
Hottest feels-like
44.8 °C
27 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-26.6 °C
8 February 1950
Snowiest day
17.5 cm
3 February 1968
Sunniest day
13.4 h
26 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 14 mm | -8 mm |
| Feb | 11.8 °C | -0.5 °C | 13 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 20.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 24 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 29.1 °C | +4.5 °C | 8 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 35.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 6 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 37.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 41.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 40.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 35.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 30.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 21.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 0 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 12.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 10 mm | -12 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Eqbālīyeh?
Eqbālīyeh has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 159 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eqbālīyeh?
The hottest day measured in Eqbālīyeh between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 2003, reaching 46.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Eqbālīyeh?
The coldest day measured in Eqbālīyeh between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1950, at -21.7 °C.
Does it snow in Eqbālīyeh?
Yes. Eqbālīyeh gets on average 12.3 cm of snow per year and has around 49 frost days.
Has the climate of Eqbālīyeh warmed?
Yes: Eqbālīyeh warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Eqbālīyeh?
The wettest day measured in Eqbālīyeh between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1949, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Eqbālīyeh?
The windiest day measured in Eqbālīyeh between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1978, with winds reaching 46.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Eqbālīyeh?
The warmest month in Eqbālīyeh is July (33.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Eqbālīyeh?
Eqbālīyeh receives on average 159 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 34 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Eqbālīyeh?
Eqbālīyeh gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Eqbālīyeh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Eqbālīyeh between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1968, with 17.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Eqbālīyeh?
Yes: Eqbālīyeh has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eqbālīyeh?
In Eqbālīyeh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 27 July 2024, and the lowest was -26.6 °C on 8 February 1950.
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