Tabriz climate — normals and trends
Tabriz (Iran) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 410 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Tabriz averages 125 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Tabriz has warmed by +3.3 °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 144 to 106 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 4 August 2025) and the coldest -25.8 °C (on 3 February 1967).
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
TabrizEast Azerbaijan Province
- coords
- 38.08°, 46.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
16.1°C
Average daily low
4.2°C
Annual rainfall
410mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
15.9km/h
Seasonal range
26.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
125 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
45 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
80.4 cm
Average feels-like high
13.6 °C
Average feels-like low
1.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
2 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.3 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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
39.0 °C
4 August 2025
Coldest day
-25.8 °C
3 February 1967
Wettest day
46 mm
17 June 2010
Windiest day
48.9 km/h
21 April 2015
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
9 November 1956
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
12 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-31.8 °C
3 February 1967
Snowiest day
18.5 cm
28 November 1975
Sunniest day
14.0 h
22 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 | 4.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 4 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 2.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 41 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 13.5 °C | +5.5 °C | 26 mm | -37 mm |
| Apr | 18.3 °C | +3.5 °C | 51 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 24.4 °C | +3.8 °C | 42 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 28.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 17 mm | -12 mm |
| Jul | 32.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 4 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 35.1 °C | +4.7 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 9 mm | +2 mm |
| Oct | 21.5 °C | +3.0 °C | 9 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 14.5 °C | +4.3 °C | 8 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 5.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 61 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tabriz?
Tabriz has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 410 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tabriz?
The hottest day measured in Tabriz between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 2025, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tabriz?
The coldest day measured in Tabriz between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 1967, at -25.8 °C.
Does it snow in Tabriz?
Yes. Tabriz gets on average 80.4 cm of snow per year and has around 125 frost days.
Has the climate of Tabriz warmed?
Yes: Tabriz warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tabriz?
The wettest day measured in Tabriz between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 2010, with 46 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tabriz?
The windiest day measured in Tabriz between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 2015, with winds reaching 48.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tabriz?
The warmest month in Tabriz is July (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Tabriz?
Tabriz receives on average 410 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tabriz?
Tabriz 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 Tabriz?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tabriz between 1940 and 2025 was 28 November 1975, with 18.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tabriz?
Yes: Tabriz has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tabriz?
In Tabriz, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 12 July 2018, and the lowest was -31.8 °C on 3 February 1967.
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