Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonbad-e Kāvūs weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Gonbad-e Kāvūs: daytime highs average 14.5°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shahrud (94 km away). In December its highs average 6.6°C, 7.8°C cooler than Gonbad-e Kāvūs, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Gonbad-e Kāvūs ranks joint 29th of 128 for the warmest December highs and joint 52nd of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Gonbad-e Kāvūs is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Gonbad-e Kāvūs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 52 | 7.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 8.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 78 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 63 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 34 | 5.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 4.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 34.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| August | 34.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 33 | 5.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 35 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 14.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 36 | 5.9 | 9.710 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
December in nearby cities
- Shahrud in DecemberIran · 94 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Behshahr in DecemberIran · 156 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in DecemberIran · 193 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Sari in DecemberIran · 202 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in DecemberIran · 222 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Bābol in DecemberIran · 235 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Semnan in DecemberIran · 245 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Shīrvān in DecemberIran · 245 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 18 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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs) is explained once on the Gonbad-e Kāvūs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.