Ardabil weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · alpine / mountain city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Ardabil is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with June and August close behind. Ardabil averages about 2,309 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 14 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,309
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 90/100
- Rain / year
- 633 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 415k
- Elevation
- 1,314 m
When is the best time to visit Ardabil?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ardabil is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (0/100, 52 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ardabil?
Ardabil gets a moderate 2,309 hours of sunshine a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate July (90) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #40 of 42 destinations in Iran for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,415 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around October, carries about 46% of the annual 633 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -5° / 23°F | 52 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -4° / 25°F | 51 mm | 3 |
| March | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 0° / 32°F | 51 mm | 4 |
| April | 63 | 17° / 63°F | 4° / 39°F | 44 mm | 5 |
| May | 87 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 30 mm | 7 |
| June | 89 | 28° / 82°F | 13° / 55°F | 16 mm | 9 |
| July | 90 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 14 mm | 9 |
| August | 88 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 24 mm | 8 |
| September | 77 | 25° / 77°F | 12° / 54°F | 82 mm | 6 |
| October | 65 | 19° / 66°F | 7° / 45°F | 114 mm | 4 |
| November | 19 | 11° / 52°F | 1° / 34°F | 98 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -3° / 27°F | 57 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Rasht Iran · 153 km · best in May · 1,915 h sun/yr
- Tabriz Iran · 192 km · best in Sep · 2,916 h sun/yr
- Nakhchivan Azerbaijan · 274 km · best in Sep · 2,842 h sun/yr
- Baku Azerbaijan · 277 km · best in Jun · 2,222 h sun/yr
- Urmia Iran · 303 km · best in Sep · 3,227 h sun/yr
- Yerevan Armenia · 402 km · best in Sep · 2,529 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Lankaran Azerbaijan · 58 km · 2,310 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Parsabad Iran · 150 km · 2,436 h sun/yr · best in May
- Lachin Azerbaijan · 249 km · 2,290 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Ramsar Iran · 254 km · 2,569 h sun/yr · best in May
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