Climate averages 1991–2020

Shahr-e Ṣadrā weather
in December.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 11.5°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 0.3°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 58 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Shahr-e Ṣadrā · average highYear overview

December is a cool month in Shahr-e Ṣadrā: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 16 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Shiraz (21 km away). In December its highs average 13.7°C, 2.2°C warmer than Shahr-e Ṣadrā, with 69 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Shahr-e Ṣadrā ranks 45th of 128 for the warmest December highs and joint 92nd of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Shahr-e Ṣadrā is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 82 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Shahr-e Ṣadrā climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Shahr-e Ṣadrā, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.6°C-2.1°C-2.1°C827.110.510 h
February 10.9°C-0.8°C-0.8°C596.711.111 h
March 14.9°C2.0°C2.0°C606.812.012 h
April 20.2°C6.6°C6.6°C264.312.913 h
May 26.8°C11.4°C11.4°C4.51.113.614 h
June 32.3°C16.0°C16.0°C0.20.114.014 h
July 34.4°C18.9°C18.9°C0.20.113.914 h
August 33.2°C18.3°C18.3°C0.50.213.213 h
September 29.5°C14.7°C14.7°C0.10.012.412 h
October 23.5°C9.9°C9.9°C2.50.711.511 h
November 16.1°C4.4°C4.4°C283.410.711 h
December, selected 11.5°C0.3°C0.3°C584.910.310 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

Distance from Shahr-e Ṣadrā

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Shahr-e Ṣadrā) is explained once on the Shahr-e Ṣadrā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.