Climate averages 1991–2020
Mashhad 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 Mashhad: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 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 44 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (52 km away). In December its highs average 7.7°C, 2.2°C cooler than Mashhad, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Mashhad ranks joint 67th of 128 for the warmest December highs and 21st of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Mashhad is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 28 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
Mashhad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 28 | 5.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 64 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 54 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 34 | 7.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 6.9 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 9.0 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 20 | 4.4 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 9.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 20 | 4.3 | 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
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in DecemberIran · 52 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -2.1°C · 23 mm rain
- Neyshābūr in DecemberIran · 73 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low -1.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in DecemberIran · 119 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Qūchān in DecemberIran · 133 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -3.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Kāshmar in DecemberIran · 156 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Sabzevar in DecemberIran · 173 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 0.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Shīrvān in DecemberIran · 193 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Ashgabat in DecemberTurkmenistan · 213 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 21 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 Mashhad) is explained once on the Mashhad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.