Maku climate — normals and trends
Maku (Iran) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 691 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Maku averages 142 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 134 rainy days per year.
Maku has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 159 to 125 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 8 August 2025) and the coldest -30.0 °C (on 16 January 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
MakuWest Azerbaijan Province
- coords
- 39.29°, 44.46°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
13.3°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
691mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
8.8km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
142 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
134 d/yr
Annual snowfall
98.2 cm
Average feels-like high
11.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.1 °C
Average peak gust
28.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
3 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
36.4 °C
8 August 2025
Coldest day
-30.0 °C
16 January 1950
Wettest day
39 mm
20 July 1976
Windiest day
29.5 km/h
17 March 1948
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
29 March 2014
Hottest feels-like
35.9 °C
3 August 2011
Coldest feels-like
-35.6 °C
16 January 1950
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
4 February 2006
Sunniest day
14.0 h
8 May 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 | 1.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | -0.6 °C | -1.9 °C | 41 mm | +6 mm |
| Mar | 11.4 °C | +5.1 °C | 27 mm | -40 mm |
| Apr | 14.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 103 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 110 mm | -36 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 39 mm | -57 mm |
| Jul | 28.7 °C | +2.7 °C | 17 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 30.8 °C | +4.5 °C | 9 mm | -23 mm |
| Sep | 23.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 30 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 16 mm | -30 mm |
| Nov | 12.2 °C | +4.2 °C | 8 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 3.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 42 mm | +15 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maku?
Maku has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 691 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maku?
The hottest day measured in Maku between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 2025, reaching 36.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maku?
The coldest day measured in Maku between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1950, at -30.0 °C.
Does it snow in Maku?
Yes. Maku gets on average 98.2 cm of snow per year and has around 142 frost days.
Has the climate of Maku warmed?
Yes: Maku warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maku?
The wettest day measured in Maku between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1976, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maku?
The windiest day measured in Maku between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1948, with winds reaching 29.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maku?
The warmest month in Maku is July (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Maku?
Maku receives on average 691 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 134 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maku?
Maku gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Maku?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maku between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 2006, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Maku?
Yes: Maku has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maku?
In Maku, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.9 °C on 3 August 2011, and the lowest was -35.6 °C on 16 January 1950.
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