Climate averages 1991–2020
Kerman weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Kerman: daytime highs average 11.1°C and nights cool to about 0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rafsanjān (105 km away). In January its highs average 12.7°C, 1.6°C warmer than Kerman, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Kerman ranks 36th 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; Kerman is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 26 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
Kerman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Rafsanjān in JanuaryIran · 105 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 0.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Sirjan in JanuaryIran · 163 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Bam in JanuaryIran · 180 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Jīroft in JanuaryIran · 190 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Dārāb in JanuaryIran · 299 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Yazd in JanuaryIran · 314 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 0.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Mīnāb in JanuaryIran · 351 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Bīrjand in JanuaryIran · 352 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 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.