Climate averages 1991–2020
Kerman weather
in December.
A cool, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Kerman: daytime highs average 13.4°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rafsanjān (105 km away). In December its highs average 14.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Kerman, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Kerman ranks joint 36th of 128 for the warmest December highs and joint 8th of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Kerman is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 21 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
Kerman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 21 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 13.6°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 26 | 5.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 18.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 22 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 12 | 3.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 4.5 | 1.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.3 | 0.2 | 13.914 h |
| August | 33.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 17.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 7.8 | 1.7 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 13.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 14 | 2.9 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Rafsanjān in DecemberIran · 105 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Sirjan in DecemberIran · 163 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 1.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Bam in DecemberIran · 180 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Jīroft in DecemberIran · 190 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Dārāb in DecemberIran · 299 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Yazd in DecemberIran · 314 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Mīnāb in DecemberIran · 351 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Bīrjand in DecemberIran · 352 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 22 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 Kerman) is explained once on the Kerman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.