Climate averages 1991–2020

Bam weather
in September.

A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 34.6°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 22.0°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bam · average highYear overview

September is a very hot month in Bam: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jīroft (77 km away). In September its highs average 36.7°C, 2.1°C warmer than Bam, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bam ranks 25th of 128 for the warmest September highs and joint 28th of 128 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 128 cities is 31.0°C; Bam is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 5.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.0 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 051015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bam, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.0°C4.9°C4.9°C284.410.511 h
February 19.2°C7.2°C7.2°C294.511.111 h
March 24.0°C11.3°C11.3°C245.112.012 h
April 30.1°C16.7°C16.7°C122.612.813 h
May 35.1°C22.0°C22.0°C4.41.413.614 h
June 38.7°C25.9°C25.9°C1.40.514.014 h
July 39.0°C27.2°C27.2°C2.80.513.814 h
August 37.4°C25.6°C25.6°C0.90.213.213 h
September, selected 34.6°C22.0°C22.0°C0.50.212.412 h
October 29.4°C16.9°C16.9°C3.00.911.511 h
November 22.3°C10.5°C10.5°C4.61.210.711 h
December 17.6°C6.3°C6.3°C142.010.310 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Bam

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 Bam) is explained once on the Bam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.