Tabriz climate
Tabriz is warmest in August, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -5.8 °C. April is the wettest month (67 mm) and September the driest (6.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Tabriz averages 386 mm of rain, 117 days above 25 °C and 119 days below freezing.
Iran · population 1,424,641 · 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 -5.8 °C
- Driest month September 7 mm
- Wettest month April 67 mm
- Least cloud August 12 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 40 °C
- Coldest on record February -20 °C
What to expectTabriz through the year
Tabriz has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 3.1 °C in January to 32 °C in August, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 117 days a year reach 25 °C, 59 of them reach 30 °C, 119 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 67 mm against 7 mm in September — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1 °C | 30 mm | 46 % |
| February | 5.0 °C | 41 mm | 46 % |
| March | 10.2 °C | 57 mm | 48 % |
| April | 16.4 °C | 67 mm | 47 % |
| May | 22.0 °C | 50 mm | 40 % |
| June | 28.1 °C | 21 mm | 19 % |
| July | 31.5 °C | 14 mm | 15 % |
| August | 31.7 °C | 8 mm | 12 % |
| September | 26.9 °C | 7 mm | 13 % |
| October | 19.6 °C | 22 mm | 29 % |
| November | 10.8 °C | 38 mm | 41 % |
| December | 5.0 °C | 33 mm | 45 % |
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 | 3.1 °C | -5.8 °C | -1.6 °C | 12.3 °C | -18.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| February | 5.0 °C | -4.6 °C | 0.1 °C | 15.3 °C | -20.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| March | 10.2 °C | -1.1 °C | 4.7 °C | 24.7 °C | -19.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| April | 16.4 °C | 3.7 °C | 10.4 °C | 28.7 °C | -19.0 °C | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| May | 22.0 °C | 8.7 °C | 15.8 °C | 32.7 °C | -3.2 °C | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 28.1 °C | 13.3 °C | 21.0 °C | 38.3 °C | 6.1 °C | 24 | 9 | 0 |
| July | 31.5 °C | 16.5 °C | 23.9 °C | 39.9 °C | 9.6 °C | 30 | 21 | 0 |
| August | 31.7 °C | 16.5 °C | 23.9 °C | 38.2 °C | 8.6 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| September | 26.9 °C | 12.4 °C | 19.5 °C | 35.8 °C | 4.6 °C | 22 | 5 | 0 |
| October | 19.6 °C | 7.1 °C | 13.3 °C | 28.3 °C | -1.3 °C | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 10.8 °C | 0.3 °C | 5.2 °C | 21.2 °C | -17.4 °C | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| December | 5.0 °C | -4.3 °C | 0.1 °C | 18.7 °C | -19.8 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30 mm | 7 | 9.8 h/day | 46 % | 68 % | 13 km/h |
| February | 41 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 46 % | 67 % | 15 km/h |
| March | 57 mm | 11 | 12 h/day | 48 % | 63 % | 18 km/h |
| April | 67 mm | 10 | 13 h/day | 47 % | 60 % | 20 km/h |
| May | 50 mm | 9 | 14 h/day | 40 % | 55 % | 20 km/h |
| June | 21 mm | 4 | 15 h/day | 19 % | 47 % | 20 km/h |
| July | 14 mm | 3 | 15 h/day | 15 % | 47 % | 21 km/h |
| August | 8 mm | 2 | 14 h/day | 12 % | 45 % | 21 km/h |
| September | 7 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 13 % | 47 % | 19 km/h |
| October | 22 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 29 % | 54 % | 17 km/h |
| November | 38 mm | 6 | 10 h/day | 41 % | 65 % | 14 km/h |
| December | 33 mm | 7 | 9.5 h/day | 45 % | 69 % | 12 km/h |
How Tabriz 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tabriz | 32 °C | -5.8 °C | 386 mm | 117 |
| Marāgheh · Iran | 32 °C | -6.3 °C | 429 mm | 122 |
| Orūmīyeh · Iran | 31 °C | -5.9 °C | 361 mm | 109 |
| Khūy · Iran | 33 °C | -6.3 °C | 371 mm | 129 |
| Mahābād · Iran | 34 °C | -5.7 °C | 335 mm | 136 |
| Būkān · Iran | 35 °C | -5.1 °C | 324 mm | 141 |
| Ardabīl · Iran | 26 °C | -6.8 °C | 470 mm | 56 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Tabriz.
QuestionsCommon questions about Tabriz’s climate
When is the best time to visit Tabriz?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Tabriz get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 59 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -5.8 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 119 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Tabriz?
April, averaging 67 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is September with 7 mm. The year as a whole averages 386 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 Tabriz 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.