Sarāb climate — normals and trends
Sarāb (Iran) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 651 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Sarāb averages 159 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Sarāb 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 173 to 145 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 21 August 2025) and the coldest -27.6 °C (on 26 December 1963).
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
SarābEast Azerbaijan Province
- coords
- 37.94°, 47.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.0°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
1.1°C
Annual rainfall
651mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
13.0km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
159 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
180.5 cm
Average feels-like high
9.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.8 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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
34.0 °C
21 August 2025
Coldest day
-27.6 °C
26 December 1963
Wettest day
43 mm
5 November 1994
Windiest day
42.2 km/h
6 March 2004
Strongest gust
118.4 km/h
16 March 2010
Hottest feels-like
33.5 °C
11 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-32.7 °C
26 December 1963
Snowiest day
23.1 cm
14 January 2024
Sunniest day
14.0 h
30 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.7 °C | +4.2 °C | 13 mm | -29 mm |
| Feb | -1.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 61 mm | +11 mm |
| Mar | 9.1 °C | +5.8 °C | 50 mm | -27 mm |
| Apr | 13.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 105 mm | +6 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | +3.7 °C | 87 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 23.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 31 mm | -24 mm |
| Jul | 26.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 17 mm | -13 mm |
| Aug | 29.7 °C | +4.7 °C | 13 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 22.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 19 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 18.3 °C | +4.1 °C | 20 mm | -33 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | +5.6 °C | 8 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 1.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 74 mm | +35 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sarāb?
Sarāb has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.0 °C and it receives 651 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sarāb?
The hottest day measured in Sarāb between 1940 and 2025 was 21 August 2025, reaching 34.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sarāb?
The coldest day measured in Sarāb between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1963, at -27.6 °C.
Does it snow in Sarāb?
Yes. Sarāb gets on average 180.5 cm of snow per year and has around 159 frost days.
Has the climate of Sarāb warmed?
Yes: Sarāb warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sarāb?
The wettest day measured in Sarāb between 1940 and 2025 was 5 November 1994, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sarāb?
The windiest day measured in Sarāb between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 2004, with winds reaching 42.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sarāb?
The warmest month in Sarāb is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Sarāb?
Sarāb receives on average 651 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sarāb?
Sarāb 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 Sarāb?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sarāb between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 2024, with 23.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sarāb?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Sarāb.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sarāb?
In Sarāb, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.5 °C on 11 July 2018, and the lowest was -32.7 °C on 26 December 1963.
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