Weather in Sulaymaniyah in January 2025
- January is usually the coldest month of the year in Sulaymaniyah;
- January is usually the wettest month of the year in Sulaymaniyah;
Average weather
Average temperature in Sulaymaniyah in January
The temperature in January is +8°C on average, with a range between a maximum of +14°C during the day and a minimum of -15°C at night.
The average maximum temperature goes up 0% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +9°C to +9°C.
Is Sulaymaniyah warm or cold in January?
Sulaymaniyah is typically cool in January.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +11°C to +9°C. The minimum temperature also goes up from +1°C to -1°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
January is the coldest month in Sulaymaniyah, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Sulaymaniyah in January
| December | January | February | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +11°C | +9°C | +11°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -17°C | -16°C | -18°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +26°C | +20°C | +22°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 86 mm | 85 mm | 97 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 1 m/s | 1 m/s | 1 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 73% | 75% | 72% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1020 HPa | 1019 HPa | 1017 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 11 | 10 | 9 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 12 | 13 | 10 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
January weather is still as good as in December. It’s getting colder in January. From +11°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +9°C. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 86 mm to 85 mm. Humidity rises from 73% to 75%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during January, staying around 1 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 11 sunny days in December to 10 in January.
February brings much the same weather, it remains good.
Wind
The average wind speed is 2 m/s getting up to 5 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in Sulaymaniyah is gradually increasing during January, going from 1 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
January is one of the snowiest months in Sulaymaniyah.
Here’s how January is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last January in Sulaymaniyah?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Sulaymaniyah in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1983 (+6°C) and the highest in 2020 (+28°C). The driest year was 1989 with only 15 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2004 with 212 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Sulaymaniyah, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
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.