Soran climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Soran?

Soran has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 949 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Soran?

The hottest day measured in Soran between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1966, reaching 42.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Soran?

The coldest day measured in Soran between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1994, at -23.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Soran?

Yes. Soran gets on average 160.9 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Soran warmed?

Yes: Soran warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Soran?

The wettest day measured in Soran between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2018, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Soran?

The windiest day measured in Soran between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1963, with winds reaching 20.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Soran?

The warmest month in Soran is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Soran?

Soran receives on average 949 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Soran?

Soran gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Soran (Iraq) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 949 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 (28.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Soran averages 80 frost days, 103 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 90 rainy days per year.

Soran has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 101 to 59 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.4 °C (on 27 July 1966) and the coldest -23.2 °C (on 7 December 1994).

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

SoranErbil Governorate

coords: 36.66°, 44.54°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

14.2°C

Average daily high

20.4°C

Average daily low

7.8°C

Annual rainfall

949mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

53%

Average peak wind

8.1km/h

Seasonal range

28.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

80 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

103 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

90 d/yr

Annual snowfall

160.9 cm

Average feels-like high

19.2 °C

Average feels-like low

5.2 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

30 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

42.4 °C

27 July 1966

Coldest day

-23.2 °C

7 December 1994

Wettest day

87 mm

26 October 2018

Windiest day

20.7 km/h

25 December 1963

Strongest gust

99.0 km/h

6 January 1950

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

2 July 2018

Coldest feels-like

-27.8 °C

7 December 1994

Snowiest day

42.0 cm

20 December 2002

Sunniest day

14.0 h

15 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.8 °C25 July 2025	-16.6 °C25 February 2025	16.6 °C	642 mm	118	63
2024	39.3 °C5 August 2024	-5.8 °C15 December 2024	16.2 °C	1,044 mm	112	38
2023	41.1 °C11 August 2023	-11.3 °C14 February 2023	16.3 °C	926 mm	107	49
2022	40.3 °C13 August 2022	-15.9 °C18 January 2022	16.3 °C	732 mm	121	53
2021	40.9 °C20 July 2021	-11.9 °C22 January 2021	16.8 °C	629 mm	124	50
2020	39.6 °C28 July 2020	-12.4 °C12 February 2020	15.8 °C	909 mm	116	54
2019	40.5 °C21 July 2019	-11.8 °C11 January 2019	15.8 °C	1,144 mm	131	44
2018	40.8 °C2 July 2018	-5.2 °C26 December 2018	16.4 °C	1,236 mm	112	23
2017	40.4 °C9 August 2017	-14.3 °C3 February 2017	15.7 °C	793 mm	109	69
2016	40.1 °C18 July 2016	-16.2 °C29 January 2016	15.5 °C	991 mm	95	69
2015	40.5 °C13 August 2015	-14.7 °C12 January 2015	15.7 °C	990 mm	117	58
2014	39.6 °C16 August 2014	-6.3 °C6 February 2014	15.9 °C	804 mm	106	45
2013	38.4 °C13 August 2013	-13.2 °C16 December 2013	14.9 °C	1,047 mm	100	51
2012	38.8 °C6 August 2012	-14.9 °C21 January 2012	15.0 °C	955 mm	122	81
2011	40.8 °C2 August 2011	-11.6 °C12 February 2011	14.3 °C	980 mm	103	85
2010	40.4 °C12 July 2010	-10.4 °C27 January 2010	16.7 °C	746 mm	119	36
2009	38.0 °C19 August 2009	-16.9 °C3 January 2009	14.7 °C	912 mm	96	61
2008	41.5 °C2 August 2008	-17.5 °C8 January 2008	15.2 °C	600 mm	109	72
2007	39.3 °C10 August 2007	-18.2 °C3 January 2007	14.8 °C	847 mm	114	74
2006	39.8 °C11 August 2006	-20.3 °C30 December 2006	15.0 °C	1,199 mm	114	83
2005	38.6 °C18 August 2005	-14.2 °C12 February 2005	15.0 °C	895 mm	105	64
2004	38.0 °C31 July 2004	-14.3 °C24 February 2004	14.7 °C	910 mm	105	78
2003	41.0 °C11 August 2003	-14.4 °C22 December 2003	14.5 °C	1,261 mm	104	76
2002	38.5 °C14 August 2002	-16.1 °C27 December 2002	14.6 °C	1,014 mm	117	67
2001	40.6 °C1 August 2001	-15.1 °C28 January 2001	15.5 °C	746 mm	111	63
2000	41.6 °C17 July 2000	-15.2 °C17 January 2000	14.7 °C	752 mm	112	75
1999	41.4 °C3 August 1999	-11.9 °C22 February 1999	15.6 °C	542 mm	114	73
1998	40.4 °C29 August 1998	-14.9 °C4 January 1998	15.2 °C	759 mm	116	79
1997	37.8 °C28 July 1997	-20.3 °C7 February 1997	13.4 °C	883 mm	97	90
1996	39.4 °C24 July 1996	-9.9 °C6 February 1996	14.8 °C	977 mm	98	59
1995	39.2 °C21 July 1995	-14.3 °C23 January 1995	14.2 °C	776 mm	101	87
1994	38.3 °C14 July 1994	-23.2 °C7 December 1994	14.4 °C	1,251 mm	106	70
1993	39.2 °C16 July 1993	-15.4 °C1 January 1993	13.4 °C	1,134 mm	95	95
1992	36.9 °C29 July 1992	-17.1 °C29 December 1992	12.1 °C	1,313 mm	83	106
1991	39.9 °C2 August 1991	-16.3 °C26 January 1991	14.1 °C	1,074 mm	97	91
1990	39.5 °C17 July 1990	-15.3 °C12 January 1990	14.4 °C	692 mm	115	80
1989	40.8 °C21 July 1989	-16.1 °C6 January 1989	14.8 °C	674 mm	103	81
1988	39.3 °C31 July 1988	-17.5 °C2 January 1988	13.0 °C	1,253 mm	85	101
1987	36.9 °C13 July 1987	-15.2 °C31 December 1987	13.1 °C	1,204 mm	94	106
1986	38.7 °C8 July 1986	-17.8 °C5 December 1986	13.1 °C	1,131 mm	95	112
1985	38.5 °C13 July 1985	-17.0 °C2 March 1985	13.1 °C	944 mm	104	90
1984	39.0 °C11 July 1984	-13.8 °C8 December 1984	13.0 °C	895 mm	109	104
1983	40.4 °C17 July 1983	-19.8 °C4 January 1983	12.6 °C	763 mm	82	108
1982	38.7 °C20 July 1982	-15.9 °C21 January 1982	11.9 °C	1,003 mm	94	126
1981	39.6 °C15 July 1981	-9.8 °C1 January 1981	13.7 °C	1,040 mm	96	88
1980	39.9 °C21 July 1980	-12.3 °C1 February 1980	14.2 °C	1,049 mm	99	87
1979	39.3 °C12 July 1979	-11.7 °C31 December 1979	15.2 °C	888 mm	108	57
1978	41.7 °C17 July 1978	-8.5 °C15 January 1978	14.7 °C	956 mm	101	72
1977	40.4 °C4 August 1977	-15.4 °C9 January 1977	14.4 °C	980 mm	114	71
1976	41.0 °C4 August 1976	-10.6 °C14 February 1976	13.8 °C	1,114 mm	94	76
1975	41.4 °C5 August 1975	-15.7 °C12 February 1975	13.8 °C	947 mm	96	95
1974	39.2 °C13 August 1974	-14.2 °C4 February 1974	14.0 °C	916 mm	97	87
1973	41.8 °C28 July 1973	-14.7 °C18 January 1973	13.7 °C	832 mm	106	104
1972	39.5 °C13 July 1972	-15.1 °C24 December 1972	12.9 °C	1,144 mm	99	107
1971	37.9 °C3 July 1971	-14.0 °C17 January 1971	13.9 °C	1,143 mm	106	81
1970	40.0 °C13 August 1970	-12.3 °C29 January 1970	14.9 °C	683 mm	108	59
1969	40.3 °C11 August 1969	-12.9 °C4 February 1969	14.5 °C	1,400 mm	102	60
1968	39.9 °C25 July 1968	-17.0 °C19 January 1968	14.0 °C	1,285 mm	91	70
1967	38.3 °C23 July 1967	-17.0 °C25 December 1967	12.9 °C	1,296 mm	91	97
1966	42.4 °C27 July 1966	-8.2 °C23 December 1966	15.6 °C	889 mm	104	41
1965	41.1 °C19 July 1965	-14.4 °C21 December 1965	13.8 °C	1,163 mm	105	95
1964	40.8 °C14 July 1964	-21.3 °C21 January 1964	13.1 °C	987 mm	111	99
1963	39.5 °C31 July 1963	-11.8 °C8 March 1963	14.0 °C	1,418 mm	96	71
1962	40.0 °C20 July 1962	-10.9 °C23 February 1962	14.7 °C	790 mm	105	72
1961	39.7 °C28 July 1961	-19.5 °C24 January 1961	13.6 °C	917 mm	86	98
1960	37.4 °C28 July 1960	-15.5 °C25 January 1960	14.0 °C	778 mm	90	75
1959	39.2 °C20 July 1959	-18.3 °C21 February 1959	13.1 °C	635 mm	87	100
1958	40.0 °C27 July 1958	-13.6 °C2 February 1958	14.5 °C	525 mm	98	72
1957	42.1 °C31 July 1957	-15.3 °C8 January 1957	13.0 °C	1,049 mm	96	88
1956	39.4 °C3 July 1956	-18.6 °C12 December 1956	12.8 °C	896 mm	92	108
1955	41.2 °C12 August 1955	-9.4 °C25 February 1955	15.1 °C	704 mm	112	59
1954	40.6 °C21 July 1954	-15.2 °C17 January 1954	14.2 °C	1,155 mm	110	72
1953	40.9 °C12 July 1953	-15.2 °C1 December 1953	13.3 °C	1,325 mm	110	103
1952	39.3 °C26 July 1952	-10.5 °C12 January 1952	14.3 °C	933 mm	106	87
1951	41.4 °C27 July 1951	-13.9 °C27 January 1951	14.2 °C	860 mm	107	84
1950	40.3 °C11 August 1950	-19.3 °C17 January 1950	13.4 °C	984 mm	107	98
1949	41.6 °C16 July 1949	-17.2 °C1 January 1949	13.2 °C	1,068 mm	107	116
1948	38.8 °C14 August 1948	-18.3 °C31 December 1948	12.8 °C	1,004 mm	97	132
1947	39.9 °C17 July 1947	-18.1 °C26 December 1947	14.1 °C	798 mm	91	76
1946	38.0 °C26 July 1946	-15.4 °C25 January 1946	13.1 °C	796 mm	83	95
1945	37.9 °C24 August 1945	-12.7 °C26 January 1945	12.6 °C	692 mm	94	121
1944	39.3 °C26 July 1944	-16.6 °C17 January 1944	13.7 °C	883 mm	92	99
1943	39.7 °C30 July 1943	-12.1 °C4 February 1943	14.3 °C	704 mm	100	91
1942	40.4 °C19 July 1942	-20.3 °C6 January 1942	14.2 °C	1,043 mm	100	89
1941	38.6 °C11 July 1941	-12.2 °C16 January 1941	14.0 °C	947 mm	101	99
1940	38.2 °C19 July 1940	-18.8 °C14 January 1940	13.4 °C	974 mm	92	96

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.9 °C

+2.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

118 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

63 d/yr

-17

Annual rainfall

642 mm

-307 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	9.0 °C	+3.6 °C	25 mm	-125 mm
Feb	6.3 °C	-0.7 °C	97 mm	-57 mm
Mar	16.3 °C	+5.0 °C	51 mm	-119 mm
Apr	19.8 °C	+2.2 °C	123 mm	-12 mm
May	26.8 °C	+2.9 °C	46 mm	-14 mm
Jun	32.7 °C	+1.9 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Jul	37.1 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	39.2 °C	+3.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.7 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Oct	25.6 °C	+2.1 °C	2 mm	-38 mm
Nov	19.7 °C	+4.9 °C	70 mm	-28 mm
Dec	9.1 °C	+1.0 °C	225 mm	+93 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.8 °C

25 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-16.6 °C

25 Feb 2025

Wettest day

53.3 mm

28 Dec 2025

Windiest day

16.7 km/h

7 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

75.2 km/h

27 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.2 °C

23 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-21.2 °C

25 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

22.3 cm

28 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

16 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Soran?

Soran has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.2 °C and it receives 949 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Soran?

The hottest day measured in Soran between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1966, reaching 42.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Soran?

The coldest day measured in Soran between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 1994, at -23.2 °C.

Does it snow in Soran?

Yes. Soran gets on average 160.9 cm of snow per year and has around 80 frost days.

Has the climate of Soran warmed?

Yes: Soran warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Soran?

The wettest day measured in Soran between 1940 and 2025 was 26 October 2018, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Soran?

The windiest day measured in Soran between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1963, with winds reaching 20.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Soran?

The warmest month in Soran is July (28.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Soran?

Soran receives on average 949 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 90 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Soran?

Soran gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Soran?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Soran between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 2002, with 42.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Soran?

Yes: Soran has on average 30 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Soran?

In Soran, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.9 °C on 2 July 2018, and the lowest was -27.8 °C on 7 December 1994.

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