Tehran Weather in January
Tehran in January
The short of it: Tehran in January averages a high of 9 °C (48 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 9 h 59 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 9° · low 2° · rain 37 mm · daylight 9 h 59 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Tehran an average January high of 9°, a low of 2° and some 37 mm of rain. Tehran's coldest stretch of the year, 9° by day and 2° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 37 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 59 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Tehran runs about middling and wetter than most in January. Vaḩīdīyeh, 5 km to the ENE, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Tehran, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 59 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VaḩīdīyehTehran | 5 km ENE | 8° | 1° | 36 mm |
| Shahrak-e QodsTehran | 8 km NNW | 7° | 0° | 31 mm |
| Morteẕá GerdTehran | 12 km SSW | 9° | 2° | 34 mm |
| TajrīshTehran | 12 km N | 6° | -2° | 30 mm |
| Shahrak-e ‘Alā’īnTehran | 13 km SSE | 9° | 2° | 34 mm |
| AndīshehTehran | 14 km WNW | 8° | 1° | 31 mm |
| Chahār DangehTehran | 14 km SW | 9° | 2° | 34 mm |
| BāqershahrTehran | 18 km S | 9° | 2° | 34 mm |