Maḩallāt climate — normals and trends
Maḩallāt (Iran) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 183 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 (27.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Maḩallāt averages 87 frost days, 100 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 45 rainy days per year.
Maḩallāt has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 110 to 65 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 25 July 2013) and the coldest -25.7 °C (on 16 January 2008).
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
MaḩallātMarkazi
- coords
- 33.91°, 50.45°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
14.1°C
Average daily high
20.5°C
Average daily low
7.8°C
Annual rainfall
183mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
42%
Average peak wind
14.5km/h
Seasonal range
28.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
87 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
100 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
45 d/yr
Annual snowfall
34.3 cm
Average feels-like high
17.4 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
33.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
33 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °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
41.2 °C
25 July 2013
Coldest day
-25.7 °C
16 January 2008
Wettest day
36 mm
31 March 2009
Windiest day
43.1 km/h
25 April 1978
Strongest gust
101.2 km/h
18 April 1958
Hottest feels-like
41.1 °C
15 July 1977
Coldest feels-like
-30.3 °C
16 January 2008
Snowiest day
19.3 cm
11 February 1980
Sunniest day
13.4 h
20 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.1 °C | +2.9 °C | 22 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 7.6 °C | -0.2 °C | 23 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 16.3 °C | +3.1 °C | 34 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 23.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 16 mm | -13 mm |
| May | 30.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 8 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 33.3 °C | +1.4 °C | 4 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 36.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 35.8 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 31.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 26.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 18.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 0 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 9.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 34 mm | +10 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maḩallāt?
Maḩallāt has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 183 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maḩallāt?
The hottest day measured in Maḩallāt between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2013, reaching 41.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maḩallāt?
The coldest day measured in Maḩallāt between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2008, at -25.7 °C.
Does it snow in Maḩallāt?
Yes. Maḩallāt gets on average 34.3 cm of snow per year and has around 87 frost days.
Has the climate of Maḩallāt warmed?
Yes: Maḩallāt warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maḩallāt?
The wettest day measured in Maḩallāt between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2009, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maḩallāt?
The windiest day measured in Maḩallāt between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 1978, with winds reaching 43.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maḩallāt?
The warmest month in Maḩallāt is July (27.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Maḩallāt?
Maḩallāt receives on average 183 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 45 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maḩallāt?
Maḩallāt gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Maḩallāt?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maḩallāt between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1980, with 19.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Maḩallāt?
Yes: Maḩallāt has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maḩallāt?
In Maḩallāt, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.1 °C on 15 July 1977, and the lowest was -30.3 °C on 16 January 2008.
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