Ardabīl climate

Name: Ardabīl
Address: IR

Ardabīl is warmest in August, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.8 °C. April is the wettest month (64 mm) and August the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ardabīl averages 470 mm of rain, 56 days above 25 °C and 124 days below freezing.

Iran · population 410,753 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 26 °C
Coldest month January -6.8 °C
Driest month August 11 mm
Wettest month April 64 mm
Least cloud July 34 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record January -25 °C

What to expectArdabīl through the year

Ardabīl has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.4 °C in January to 26 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 56 days a year reach 25 °C, 8 of them reach 30 °C, 124 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 64 mm against 11 mm in August — 5.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	3.4 °C	36 mm	48 %
February	4.6 °C	45 mm	51 %
March	9.5 °C	58 mm	55 %
April	15.2 °C	64 mm	59 %
May	19.8 °C	59 mm	55 %
June	23.2 °C	22 mm	40 %
July	25.0 °C	12 mm	34 %
August	25.5 °C	11 mm	35 %
September	22.3 °C	26 mm	48 %
October	17.4 °C	48 mm	53 %
November	10.2 °C	52 mm	52 %
December	5.4 °C	37 mm	47 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	3.4 °C	-6.8 °C	-2.1 °C	14.8 °C	-25.2 °C	0	0	29
February	4.6 °C	-6.3 °C	-1.2 °C	18.0 °C	-23.3 °C	0	0	26
March	9.5 °C	-2.3 °C	3.6 °C	26.1 °C	-20.5 °C	0	0	22
April	15.2 °C	2.9 °C	9.2 °C	28.2 °C	-18.5 °C	1	0	5
May	19.8 °C	7.6 °C	13.8 °C	31.2 °C	-17.5 °C	3	0	0
June	23.2 °C	11.4 °C	17.4 °C	34.6 °C	3.6 °C	10	1	0
July	25.0 °C	13.8 °C	19.3 °C	37.3 °C	7.6 °C	15	2	0
August	25.5 °C	13.9 °C	19.3 °C	37.0 °C	5.8 °C	17	4	0
September	22.3 °C	10.9 °C	16.1 °C	34.8 °C	2.8 °C	9	1	0
October	17.4 °C	6.4 °C	11.5 °C	29.0 °C	-2.4 °C	1	0	1
November	10.2 °C	-0.1 °C	4.6 °C	23.3 °C	-18.0 °C	0	0	13
December	5.4 °C	-4.7 °C	-0.2 °C	18.5 °C	-20.4 °C	0	0	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	36 mm	7	9.8 h/day	48 %	70 %	14 km/h
February	45 mm	9	11 h/day	51 %	71 %	14 km/h
March	58 mm	11	12 h/day	55 %	70 %	15 km/h
April	64 mm	12	13 h/day	59 %	69 %	15 km/h
May	59 mm	13	14 h/day	55 %	69 %	13 km/h
June	22 mm	6	15 h/day	40 %	68 %	13 km/h
July	12 mm	3	15 h/day	34 %	67 %	14 km/h
August	11 mm	3	14 h/day	35 %	67 %	14 km/h
September	26 mm	7	12 h/day	48 %	72 %	12 km/h
October	48 mm	8	11 h/day	53 %	72 %	12 km/h
November	52 mm	8	10 h/day	52 %	73 %	12 km/h
December	37 mm	7	9.5 h/day	47 %	71 %	13 km/h

How Ardabīl compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Ardabīl	26 °C	-6.8 °C	470 mm	56
Rasht · Iran	28 °C	2.2 °C	1,534 mm	99
Tabriz · Iran	32 °C	-5.8 °C	386 mm	117
Zanjan · Iran	29 °C	-7.5 °C	450 mm	100
Marāgheh · Iran	32 °C	-6.3 °C	429 mm	122

Where Ardabīl ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Asia in July	1stof 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in June	2ndof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in August	4thof 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ardabīl.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ardabīl’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ardabīl?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ardabīl get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 8 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -6.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 124 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ardabīl?

April, averaging 64 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is August with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 470 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ardabīl rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.