Sabzawār climate — normals and trends
Sabzawār (Iran) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 189 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 (28.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Sabzawār averages 68 frost days, 115 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 41 rainy days per year.
Sabzawār has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 84 to 52 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.7 °C (on 7 July 2021) and the coldest -21.1 °C (on 29 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
SabzawārRazavi Khorasan
- coords
- 36.21°, 57.68°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.4°C
Average daily high
21.7°C
Average daily low
9.5°C
Annual rainfall
189mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
45%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
27.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
68 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
115 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
41 d/yr
Annual snowfall
20.1 cm
Average feels-like high
18.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.8 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
60 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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
42.7 °C
7 July 2021
Coldest day
-21.1 °C
29 January 1950
Wettest day
34 mm
26 April 1971
Windiest day
51.7 km/h
20 April 1958
Strongest gust
96.1 km/h
20 April 1958
Hottest feels-like
42.4 °C
16 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-25.4 °C
29 January 1950
Snowiest day
21.6 cm
7 March 2013
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 | 10.0 °C | +3.3 °C | 4 mm | -21 mm |
| Feb | 9.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 20 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 17.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 44 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 27.5 °C | +5.7 °C | 10 mm | -23 mm |
| May | 33.2 °C | +5.2 °C | 4 mm | -15 mm |
| Jun | 34.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 5 mm | +2 mm |
| Jul | 37.5 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 35.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 32.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 27.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 19.1 °C | +4.0 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 10.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 54 mm | +37 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sabzawār?
Sabzawār has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.4 °C and it receives 189 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sabzawār?
The hottest day measured in Sabzawār between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2021, reaching 42.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sabzawār?
The coldest day measured in Sabzawār between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1950, at -21.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sabzawār?
Yes. Sabzawār gets on average 20.1 cm of snow per year and has around 68 frost days.
Has the climate of Sabzawār warmed?
Yes: Sabzawār warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sabzawār?
The wettest day measured in Sabzawār between 1940 and 2025 was 26 April 1971, with 34 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sabzawār?
The windiest day measured in Sabzawār between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 1958, with winds reaching 51.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sabzawār?
The warmest month in Sabzawār is July (28.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sabzawār?
Sabzawār receives on average 189 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 41 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sabzawār?
Sabzawār 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 Sabzawār?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sabzawār between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2013, with 21.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sabzawār?
Yes: Sabzawār has on average 60 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sabzawār?
In Sabzawār, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.4 °C on 16 July 1995, and the lowest was -25.4 °C on 29 January 1950.
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