Climate averages 1991–2020
Iranshahr weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Iranshahr: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zahedan (256 km away). In January its highs average 13.5°C, 6.6°C cooler than Iranshahr, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Iranshahr ranks 3rd of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 10th of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Iranshahr is 11.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 17 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
Iranshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 20.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 21 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 17 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 27.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 20 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 4.3 | 0.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 39.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 42.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 42.2°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| August | 41.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 38.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 2.5 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 2.7 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 10 | 1.6 | 10.510 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
- Zahedan in JanuaryIran · 256 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Turbat in JanuaryPakistan · 270 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Gwadar in JanuaryPakistan · 283 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Bam in JanuaryIran · 311 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Jīroft in JanuaryIran · 333 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Mīnāb in JanuaryIran · 356 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Zābol in JanuaryIran · 433 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Bandar Abbas in JanuaryIran · 436 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.0°C · 48 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 Iranshahr) is explained once on the Iranshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.