Climate averages 1991–2020

Ahvaz weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 47.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 31.5°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a very hot month in Ahvaz: daytime highs average 47.2°C and nights cool to about 31.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shūshtar (83 km away). In July its highs average 46.8°C, about as warm as Ahvaz, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ahvaz ranks 1st of 128 for the warmest July highs and joint 32nd of 128 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 128 cities is 35.7°C; Ahvaz is 11.5°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 47.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ahvaz climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ahvaz, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	17.5°C7.7°C	7.7°C	59	7.0	10.410 h
February	20.2°C8.9°C	8.9°C	36	5.0	11.111 h
March	25.8°C12.8°C	12.8°C	40	4.6	12.012 h
April	32.7°C18.5°C	18.5°C	21	2.9	12.913 h
May	40.2°C24.7°C	24.7°C	5.3	0.9	13.714 h
June	45.4°C29.1°C	29.1°C	0.2	0.1	14.114 h
July, selected	47.2°C31.5°C	31.5°C	0.4	0.2	14.014 h
August	47.0°C30.9°C	30.9°C	0.7	0.3	13.313 h
September	42.9°C26.8°C	26.8°C	0.9	0.4	12.412 h
October	36.2°C21.8°C	21.8°C	7.6	1.6	11.411 h
November	25.8°C14.6°C	14.6°C	65	4.6	10.611 h
December	19.1°C9.4°C	9.4°C	73	6.6	10.210 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

July in nearby cities

Distance from Ahvaz

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ahvaz) is explained once on the Ahvaz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.