Climate averages 1991–2020
Rafsanjān weather
in January.
A cool, very dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Rafsanjān: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kerman (105 km away). In January its highs average 11.1°C, 1.6°C cooler than Rafsanjān, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Rafsanjān ranks joint 27th of 128 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Rafsanjān is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 16 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
Rafsanjān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 12.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 15.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 19.9°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 13 | 3.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 7.9 | 1.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 5.8 | 1.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 12 | 1.9 | 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
- Kerman in JanuaryIran · 105 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Sirjan in JanuaryIran · 110 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Yazd in JanuaryIran · 227 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 0.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Dārāb in JanuaryIran · 232 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Jīroft in JanuaryIran · 256 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Bam in JanuaryIran · 270 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Fasā in JanuaryIran · 279 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Marvdasht in JanuaryIran · 313 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low -2.0°C · 63 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 Rafsanjān) is explained once on the Rafsanjān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.