Sari climate
Sari is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.7 °C. September is the wettest month (114 mm) and June the driest (44 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Sari averages 878 mm of rain, 144 days above 25 °C and 22 days below freezing.
Iran · population 255,396 · 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 32 °C
- Coldest month January 1.7 °C
- Driest month June 44 mm
- Wettest month September 114 mm
- Least cloud August 41 % cloud
- Hottest on record June 42 °C
- Coldest on record January -12 °C
What to expectSari through the year
Sari has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 12 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 144 days a year reach 25 °C, 63 of them reach 30 °C, 22 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in June.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 114 mm against 44 mm in June — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1 °C | 71 mm | 52 % |
| February | 12.5 °C | 76 mm | 56 % |
| March | 15.8 °C | 83 mm | 58 % |
| April | 20.1 °C | 61 mm | 59 % |
| May | 24.7 °C | 49 mm | 55 % |
| June | 28.5 °C | 44 mm | 45 % |
| July | 30.8 °C | 54 mm | 46 % |
| August | 31.8 °C | 62 mm | 41 % |
| September | 28.1 °C | 114 mm | 46 % |
| October | 23.4 °C | 101 mm | 45 % |
| November | 17.4 °C | 95 mm | 51 % |
| December | 13.7 °C | 68 mm | 51 % |
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 | 12.1 °C | 1.7 °C | 6.5 °C | 25.4 °C | -12.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| February | 12.5 °C | 1.9 °C | 7.0 °C | 28.7 °C | -11.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| March | 15.8 °C | 5.0 °C | 10.3 °C | 34.3 °C | -6.9 °C | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| April | 20.1 °C | 9.4 °C | 14.8 °C | 35.6 °C | 1.2 °C | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 24.7 °C | 14.4 °C | 19.7 °C | 38.2 °C | 3.8 °C | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| June | 28.5 °C | 18.8 °C | 23.9 °C | 42.4 °C | 11.2 °C | 26 | 10 | 0 |
| July | 30.8 °C | 21.6 °C | 26.2 °C | 39.5 °C | 16.3 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| August | 31.8 °C | 21.9 °C | 26.8 °C | 41.3 °C | 13.7 °C | 30 | 22 | 0 |
| September | 28.1 °C | 19.0 °C | 23.4 °C | 39.2 °C | 11.8 °C | 25 | 9 | 0 |
| October | 23.4 °C | 13.7 °C | 18.3 °C | 38.0 °C | 6.6 °C | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 17.4 °C | 7.8 °C | 12.3 °C | 30.4 °C | -9.2 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| December | 13.7 °C | 3.6 °C | 8.2 °C | 26.1 °C | -9.1 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71 mm | 9 | 9.9 h/day | 52 % | 79 % | 11 km/h |
| February | 76 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 56 % | 79 % | 12 km/h |
| March | 83 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 79 % | 13 km/h |
| April | 61 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 59 % | 78 % | 12 km/h |
| May | 49 mm | 8 | 14 h/day | 55 % | 76 % | 12 km/h |
| June | 44 mm | 8 | 15 h/day | 45 % | 72 % | 12 km/h |
| July | 54 mm | 10 | 14 h/day | 46 % | 71 % | 12 km/h |
| August | 62 mm | 11 | 14 h/day | 41 % | 70 % | 12 km/h |
| September | 114 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 46 % | 76 % | 11 km/h |
| October | 101 mm | 10 | 11 h/day | 45 % | 78 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 95 mm | 10 | 10 h/day | 51 % | 80 % | 11 km/h |
| December | 68 mm | 8 | 9.7 h/day | 51 % | 80 % | 11 km/h |
How Sari 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sari | 32 °C | 1.7 °C | 878 mm | 144 |
| Qā’em Shahr · Iran | 31 °C | 1.3 °C | 830 mm | 136 |
| Āmol · Iran | 28 °C | 1.6 °C | 1,340 mm | 94 |
| Gorgān · Iran | 31 °C | 2.6 °C | 606 mm | 147 |
| Shahrud · Iran | 32 °C | -2.2 °C | 373 mm | 133 |
| Pākdasht · Iran | 37 °C | -2.1 °C | 237 mm | 171 |
| Tehran · Iran | 36 °C | -5.0 °C | 346 mm | 156 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Sari.
QuestionsCommon questions about Sari’s climate
When is the best time to visit Sari?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. May, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Sari get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 63 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 1.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 22 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Sari?
September, averaging 114 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is June with 44 mm. The year as a whole averages 878 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 Sari 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
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.