Kangāvar climate — normals and trends
Kangāvar (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 352 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 (27.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Kangāvar averages 90 frost days, 102 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 60 rainy days per year.
Kangāvar has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 116 to 64 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.9 °C (on 12 July 1998) and the coldest -27.4 °C (on 31 December 1948).
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
KangāvarKermanshah Province
- coords
- 34.50°, 47.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.5°C
Average daily high
20.3°C
Average daily low
6.7°C
Annual rainfall
352mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
47%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
28.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
90 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
102 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
60 d/yr
Annual snowfall
58.2 cm
Average feels-like high
17.9 °C
Average feels-like low
3.8 °C
Average peak gust
32.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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
41.9 °C
12 July 1998
Coldest day
-27.4 °C
31 December 1948
Wettest day
57 mm
25 February 2020
Windiest day
39.4 km/h
7 April 1964
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
25 November 1992
Hottest feels-like
41.2 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-32.3 °C
31 December 1948
Snowiest day
22.5 cm
19 January 1965
Sunniest day
14.0 h
15 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 20 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | 7.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 53 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 15.4 °C | +3.6 °C | 76 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 21.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 41 mm | -10 mm |
| May | 29.8 °C | +5.5 °C | 8 mm | -11 mm |
| Jun | 34.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 37.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 38.6 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 31.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 26.7 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 19.7 °C | +5.5 °C | 1 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 9.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 61 mm | +11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kangāvar?
Kangāvar has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.5 °C and it receives 352 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kangāvar?
The hottest day measured in Kangāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1998, reaching 41.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kangāvar?
The coldest day measured in Kangāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1948, at -27.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kangāvar?
Yes. Kangāvar gets on average 58.2 cm of snow per year and has around 90 frost days.
Has the climate of Kangāvar warmed?
Yes: Kangāvar warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kangāvar?
The wettest day measured in Kangāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2020, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kangāvar?
The windiest day measured in Kangāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1964, with winds reaching 39.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kangāvar?
The warmest month in Kangāvar is July (27.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Kangāvar?
Kangāvar receives on average 352 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 60 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kangāvar?
Kangāvar 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 Kangāvar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kangāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1965, with 22.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kangāvar?
Yes: Kangāvar has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kangāvar?
In Kangāvar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -32.3 °C on 31 December 1948.
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