Marāgheh climate — normals and trends
Marāgheh (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 448 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-5.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Marāgheh averages 135 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 85 rainy days per year.
Marāgheh has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 152 to 118 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.6 °C (on 27 July 2018) and the coldest -24.6 °C (on 13 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
MarāghehEast Azerbaijan Province
- coords
- 37.39°, 46.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.8°C
Average daily high
14.3°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
448mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
85 d/yr
Annual snowfall
158.0 cm
Average feels-like high
11.4 °C
Average feels-like low
0.3 °C
Average peak gust
37.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · 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
36.6 °C
27 July 2018
Coldest day
-24.6 °C
13 January 1940
Wettest day
41 mm
17 March 1974
Windiest day
46.3 km/h
21 April 2015
Strongest gust
105.1 km/h
6 March 2023
Hottest feels-like
35.8 °C
12 July 2010
Coldest feels-like
-29.8 °C
13 January 1940
Snowiest day
23.1 cm
3 February 2006
Sunniest day
14.0 h
22 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 10 mm | -40 mm |
| Feb | 0.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 46 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 11.2 °C | +5.5 °C | 38 mm | -39 mm |
| Apr | 15.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 66 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 22.6 °C | +3.9 °C | 30 mm | -19 mm |
| Jun | 27.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 15 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 30.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 33.1 °C | +4.2 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 2 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 19.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 1 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 13.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 15 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 3.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 93 mm | +45 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Marāgheh?
Marāgheh has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.8 °C and it receives 448 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Marāgheh?
The hottest day measured in Marāgheh between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 2018, reaching 36.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Marāgheh?
The coldest day measured in Marāgheh between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1940, at -24.6 °C.
Does it snow in Marāgheh?
Yes. Marāgheh gets on average 158.0 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Marāgheh warmed?
Yes: Marāgheh warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Marāgheh?
The wettest day measured in Marāgheh between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1974, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Marāgheh?
The windiest day measured in Marāgheh between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 2015, with winds reaching 46.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Marāgheh?
The warmest month in Marāgheh is July (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-5.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Marāgheh?
Marāgheh receives on average 448 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 85 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Marāgheh?
Marāgheh 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 Marāgheh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Marāgheh between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2006, with 23.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Marāgheh?
Yes: Marāgheh has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Marāgheh?
In Marāgheh, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 12 July 2010, and the lowest was -29.8 °C on 13 January 1940.
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