Saqqez climate — normals and trends
Saqqez (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 427 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 (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-3.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Saqqez averages 116 frost days, 81 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 76 rainy days per year.
Saqqez has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 139 to 93 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 10 July 2018) and the coldest -26.8 °C (on 16 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
SaqqezKurdistan Province
- coords
- 36.25°, 46.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
11.2°C
Average daily high
18.0°C
Average daily low
4.7°C
Annual rainfall
427mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
28.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
116 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
81 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
76 d/yr
Annual snowfall
110.1 cm
Average feels-like high
15.3 °C
Average feels-like low
1.6 °C
Average peak gust
37.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
5 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °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
40.8 °C
10 July 2018
Coldest day
-26.8 °C
16 January 2008
Wettest day
53 mm
17 March 1974
Windiest day
39.5 km/h
3 April 2004
Strongest gust
108.0 km/h
11 March 2021
Hottest feels-like
40.6 °C
10 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-31.5 °C
16 January 2008
Snowiest day
28.6 cm
21 December 2002
Sunniest day
14.0 h
24 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.8 °C | +3.7 °C | 10 mm | -47 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +0.1 °C | 48 mm | -15 mm |
| Mar | 13.7 °C | +4.5 °C | 46 mm | -31 mm |
| Apr | 18.7 °C | +2.9 °C | 64 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 26.0 °C | +4.0 °C | 30 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 31.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 35.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 37.3 °C | +3.8 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 24.0 °C | +3.0 °C | 1 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 16.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 18 mm | -26 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 147 mm | +94 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saqqez?
Saqqez has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 11.2 °C and it receives 427 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saqqez?
The hottest day measured in Saqqez between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 2018, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saqqez?
The coldest day measured in Saqqez between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2008, at -26.8 °C.
Does it snow in Saqqez?
Yes. Saqqez gets on average 110.1 cm of snow per year and has around 116 frost days.
Has the climate of Saqqez warmed?
Yes: Saqqez warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saqqez?
The wettest day measured in Saqqez between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1974, with 53 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saqqez?
The windiest day measured in Saqqez between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 2004, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saqqez?
The warmest month in Saqqez is July (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-3.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Saqqez?
Saqqez receives on average 427 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 76 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saqqez?
Saqqez 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 Saqqez?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saqqez between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2002, with 28.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saqqez?
Yes: Saqqez has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saqqez?
In Saqqez, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 10 July 2018, and the lowest was -31.5 °C on 16 January 2008.
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