Marīvān climate — normals and trends
Marīvān (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 656 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Marīvān averages 112 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 78 rainy days per year.
Marīvān has warmed by +3.1 °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 135 to 89 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 2 July 2015) and the coldest -25.7 °C (on 7 December 1994).
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
MarīvānKurdistan Province
- coords
- 35.52°, 46.18°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.2°C
Average daily high
18.8°C
Average daily low
5.2°C
Annual rainfall
656mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
52%
Average peak wind
12.4km/h
Seasonal range
28.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
89 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
78 d/yr
Annual snowfall
168.8 cm
Average feels-like high
16.6 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
41.0 °C
2 July 2015
Coldest day
-25.7 °C
7 December 1994
Wettest day
77 mm
3 February 2006
Windiest day
29.8 km/h
7 April 1964
Strongest gust
98.6 km/h
17 December 2006
Hottest feels-like
40.7 °C
27 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-31.0 °C
7 December 1994
Snowiest day
36.2 cm
4 February 1950
Sunniest day
14.0 h
28 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 | 7.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 13 mm | -97 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | -0.8 °C | 75 mm | -43 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +4.0 °C | 65 mm | -57 mm |
| Apr | 18.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 80 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 26.2 °C | +3.8 °C | 28 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 31.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 35.8 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 37.7 °C | +3.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 29.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 24.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Nov | 18.4 °C | +5.1 °C | 24 mm | -41 mm |
| Dec | 7.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 187 mm | +94 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Marīvān?
Marīvān has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.2 °C and it receives 656 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Marīvān?
The hottest day measured in Marīvān between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2015, reaching 41.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Marīvān?
The coldest day measured in Marīvān between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1994, at -25.7 °C.
Does it snow in Marīvān?
Yes. Marīvān gets on average 168.8 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Marīvān warmed?
Yes: Marīvān warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Marīvān?
The wettest day measured in Marīvān between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2006, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Marīvān?
The windiest day measured in Marīvān between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1964, with winds reaching 29.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Marīvān?
The warmest month in Marīvān is July (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Marīvān?
Marīvān receives on average 656 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 78 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Marīvān?
Marīvān 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 Marīvān?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Marīvān between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1950, with 36.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Marīvān?
Yes: Marīvān has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Marīvān?
In Marīvān, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.7 °C on 27 July 2011, and the lowest was -31.0 °C on 7 December 1994.
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