Urmia weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Urmia is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with June and October close behind. Urmia averages about 3,227 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,227
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 301 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈60 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 577k
- Elevation
- 1,310 m
When is the best time to visit Urmia?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Urmia is September, then June and October. The dullest month is January (0/100, 29 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Urmia?
Urmia is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,227 hours of sunshine a year. 98 Sunshine Score points separate September (98) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #32 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 April, carries about 43% of the annual 301 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 4° / 39°F | -4° / 25°F | 29 mm | 2 |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -2° / 28°F | 27 mm | 3 |
| March | 30 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 45 mm | 5 |
| April | 67 | 17° / 63°F | 6° / 43°F | 52 mm | 6 |
| May | 92 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 33 mm | 8 |
| June | 97 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 9 mm | 10 |
| July | 78 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 4 mm | 10 |
| August | 78 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 4 mm | 9 |
| September | 98 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 3 mm | 7 |
| October | 93 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 28 mm | 5 |
| November | 31 | 12° / 54°F | 3° / 37°F | 36 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 6° / 43°F | -2° / 28°F | 31 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Tabriz Iran · 115 km · best in Sep · 2,916 h sun/yr
- Nakhchivan Azerbaijan · 172 km · best in Sep · 2,842 h sun/yr
- Van Türkiye · 176 km · best in Aug · 3,151 h sun/yr
- Erbil Iraq · 188 km · best in Oct · 3,144 h sun/yr
- Sulaymaniyah Iraq · 235 km · best in May · 3,158 h sun/yr
- Yerevan Armenia · 282 km · best in Sep · 2,529 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hakkari Türkiye · 74 km · 3,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Urmia compares month by month: Urmia vs Erbil · Urmia vs Tabriz · Urmia vs Sulaymaniyah · Urmia vs Van · all comparisons
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