Iğdır weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇷 Türkiye · regional city · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Iğdır is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with October and June close behind. Iğdır averages about 2,808 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 20 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,808
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 407 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈36 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 102k
- Elevation
- 937 m
When is the best time to visit Iğdır?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Iğdır is September, then October and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Iğdır?
Iğdır gets a lot of sun: around 2,808 hours a year. 92 Sunshine Score points separate September (92) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #32 of 49 destinations in Türkiye for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,990 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around May, carries about 41% of the annual 407 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -5° / 23°F | 24 mm | 2 |
| February | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 19 mm | 3 |
| March | 52 | 15° / 59°F | 2° / 36°F | 31 mm | 4 |
| April | 86 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 53 mm | 5 |
| May | 84 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 65 mm | 6 |
| June | 87 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 48 mm | 8 |
| July | 62 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 36 mm | 9 |
| August | 64 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 26 mm | 8 |
| September | 92 | 30° / 86°F | 15° / 59°F | 20 mm | 6 |
| October | 88 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 39 mm | 4 |
| November | 46 | 14° / 57°F | 2° / 36°F | 23 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -3° / 27°F | 23 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yerevan Armenia · 48 km · best in Sep · 2,529 h sun/yr
- Kars Türkiye · 92 km · best in Sep · 2,919 h sun/yr
- Nakhchivan Azerbaijan · 161 km · best in Sep · 2,842 h sun/yr
- Van Türkiye · 174 km · best in Aug · 3,151 h sun/yr
- Tbilisi Georgia · 209 km · best in Sep · 2,155 h sun/yr
- Erzurum Türkiye · 231 km · best in Jul · 3,170 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Ağrı Türkiye · 81 km · 2,807 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Gyumri Armenia · 86 km · 2,919 h sun/yr · best in Sep
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