Climate averages 1991–2020
Bam weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Bam: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jīroft (77 km away). In January its highs average 15.8°C, about as warm as Bam, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bam ranks joint 17th of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 26th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Bam is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 28 | 4.4 | 10.511 h |
| February | 19.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 29 | 4.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 24.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 4.4 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 14.014 h |
| July | 39.0°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 13.814 h |
| August | 37.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 34.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.3°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 4.6 | 1.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 10.310 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
January in nearby cities
- Jīroft in JanuaryIran · 77 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Kerman in JanuaryIran · 180 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Zahedan in JanuaryIran · 247 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Mīnāb in JanuaryIran · 252 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Sirjan in JanuaryIran · 262 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Rafsanjān in JanuaryIran · 270 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 0.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Bandar Abbas in JanuaryIran · 295 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Iranshahr in JanuaryIran · 311 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 21 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bam) is explained once on the Bam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.