Weather in Mashhad in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Mashhad;
- January is usually the wettest month of the year in Mashhad;
Average weather
Average temperature in Mashhad in January
The temperature in January is +5°C on average, with a range between a maximum of +14°C during the day and a minimum of -17°C at night.
The average maximum temperature goes up 3% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +11°C to +12°C.
Is Mashhad warm or cold in January?
Mashhad is typically cool in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +10°C to +7°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from -1°C to -3°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
January is the coldest month in Mashhad, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Mashhad in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +10°C | +7°C | +9°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -16°C | -21°C | -21°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +26°C | +20°C | +26°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 11 mm | 11 mm | 22 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 1 m/s | 1 m/s | 1 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 69% | 71% | 70% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1021 HPa | 1020 HPa | 1018 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 12 | 11 | 8 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 3 | 5 | 6 | ||||
January weather is still as good as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +10°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +7°C. The rainfall amount in January stays the same as in the previous month with a 11 mm of total precipitation. Humidity rises from 69% to 71%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 1 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 11 sunny days during the month.
February brings much the same weather, it remains good.
Wind
The average wind speed is 2 m/s getting up to 4 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in Mashhad is gradually increasing during January, going from 2 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Mashhad.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Mashhad?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Mashhad in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1982 (+18°C) and the highest in 2023 (+23°C). The driest year was 2008 with only 93 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2019 with 350 mm.
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Monthly weather in Mashhad
Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Mashhad, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.