Sarakhs climate — normals and trends
Sarakhs (Iran) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 188 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 (32.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Sarakhs averages 43 frost days, 149 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 37 rainy days per year.
Sarakhs has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 56 to 30 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.4 °C (on 8 July 1944) and the coldest -24.8 °C (on 4 February 1980).
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
SarakhsRazavi Khorasan
- coords
- 36.54°, 61.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.1°C
Average daily high
24.6°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
188mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
46%
Average peak wind
20.6km/h
Seasonal range
28.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
43 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
149 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
37 d/yr
Annual snowfall
25.9 cm
Average feels-like high
21.6 °C
Average feels-like low
8.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
97 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
47.4 °C
8 July 1944
Coldest day
-24.8 °C
4 February 1980
Wettest day
43 mm
12 February 2019
Windiest day
59.3 km/h
23 April 1955
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
17 March 1948
Hottest feels-like
48.5 °C
6 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-30.5 °C
4 February 1980
Snowiest day
19.9 cm
25 January 1969
Sunniest day
14.0 h
25 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 13 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 11.1 °C | -1.0 °C | 33 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 21.2 °C | +3.7 °C | 41 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 31.3 °C | +6.3 °C | 13 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 35.1 °C | +3.3 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 36.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 41.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 38.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 33.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 28.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 21.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 1 mm | -12 mm |
| Dec | 13.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 61 mm | +40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sarakhs?
Sarakhs has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.1 °C and it receives 188 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sarakhs?
The hottest day measured in Sarakhs between 1940 and 2025 was 8 July 1944, reaching 47.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sarakhs?
The coldest day measured in Sarakhs between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1980, at -24.8 °C.
Does it snow in Sarakhs?
Yes. Sarakhs gets on average 25.9 cm of snow per year and has around 43 frost days.
Has the climate of Sarakhs warmed?
Yes: Sarakhs warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sarakhs?
The wettest day measured in Sarakhs between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 2019, with 43 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sarakhs?
The windiest day measured in Sarakhs between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1955, with winds reaching 59.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sarakhs?
The warmest month in Sarakhs is July (32.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Sarakhs?
Sarakhs receives on average 188 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 37 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sarakhs?
Sarakhs gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sarakhs?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sarakhs between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1969, with 19.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sarakhs?
Yes: Sarakhs has on average 97 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sarakhs?
In Sarakhs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.5 °C on 6 July 1998, and the lowest was -30.5 °C on 4 February 1980.
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