Marāgheh climate — normals and trends
Marāgheh (Iran) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 301 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Marāgheh averages 111 frost days, 32 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 57 rainy days per year.
Marāgheh has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 126 to 96 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 6 July 1998) and the coldest -24.5 °C (on 8 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
MarāghehRazavi Khorasan
- coords
- 35.83°, 59.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.1°C
Average daily high
17.2°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
301mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
17.7km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
111 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
32 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
57 d/yr
Annual snowfall
72.6 cm
Average feels-like high
13.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
38.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
39.0 °C
6 July 1998
Coldest day
-24.5 °C
8 January 2008
Wettest day
45 mm
12 February 2019
Windiest day
47.5 km/h
17 March 1948
Strongest gust
100.8 km/h
18 March 2019
Hottest feels-like
38.4 °C
13 August 2004
Coldest feels-like
-30.4 °C
8 January 2008
Snowiest day
31.7 cm
12 February 2019
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 20 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | 4.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 40 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 12.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 66 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 22.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 44 mm | -20 mm |
| May | 26.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 1 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 27.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 17 mm | +13 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 26.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 22.9 °C | +3.7 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 16.4 °C | +4.1 °C | 0 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 6.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 63 mm | +39 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Marāgheh?
Marāgheh has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.1 °C and it receives 301 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 6 July 1998, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Marāgheh?
The coldest day measured in Marāgheh between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 2008, at -24.5 °C.
Does it snow in Marāgheh?
Yes. Marāgheh gets on average 72.6 cm of snow per year and has around 111 frost days.
Has the climate of Marāgheh warmed?
Yes: Marāgheh warmed by +2.2 °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 12 February 2019, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Marāgheh?
The windiest day measured in Marāgheh between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1948, with winds reaching 47.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Marāgheh?
The warmest month in Marāgheh is July (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Marāgheh?
Marāgheh receives on average 301 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 57 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Marāgheh?
Marāgheh 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 Marāgheh?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Marāgheh between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 2019, with 31.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Marāgheh?
Yes: Marāgheh has on average 7 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 38.4 °C on 13 August 2004, and the lowest was -30.4 °C on 8 January 2008.
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