Climate averages 1991–2020
Shiraz weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Shiraz: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shahr-e Ṣadrā (21 km away). In April its highs average 20.2°C, 2.8°C cooler than Shiraz, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Shiraz ranks 44th of 128 for the warmest April highs and joint 47th of 128 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 128 cities is 21.8°C; Shiraz is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 7.6 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Shiraz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 98 | 7.5 | 10.510 h |
| February | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 17.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 75 | 7.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 23.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 36 | 5.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 7.6 | 2.2 | 13.614 h |
| June | 35.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.014 h |
| July | 37.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.814 h |
| August | 36.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| September | 32.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 34 | 4.1 | 10.711 h |
| December | 13.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 69 | 5.2 | 10.310 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
April in nearby cities
- Shahr-e Ṣadrā in AprilIran · 21 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Marvdasht in AprilIran · 39 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 7.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Kāzerūn in AprilIran · 85 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Fasā in AprilIran · 132 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Borāzjān in AprilIran · 133 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 18.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Yasuj in AprilIran · 149 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 6.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Jahrom in AprilIran · 159 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Bushehr in AprilIran · 179 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.6°C · 7.9 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 Shiraz) is explained once on the Shiraz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.