Climate averages 1991–2020
Yazd weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Yazd: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rafsanjān (227 km away). In December its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Yazd, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Yazd ranks 31st of 128 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Yazd is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 20 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
Yazd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 20 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.7°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 14 | 3.2 | 12.913 h |
| May | 31.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 36.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 37.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 36.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 11 | 2.8 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 14.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.110 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
- Rafsanjān in DecemberIran · 227 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Shahreẕā in DecemberIran · 237 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Bahārestān in DecemberIran · 253 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -1.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Isfahan in DecemberIran · 267 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -1.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Marvdasht in DecemberIran · 270 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low -0.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Khomeynī Shahr in DecemberIran · 280 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Shāhīn Shahr in DecemberIran · 285 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Fūlād Shahr in DecemberIran · 287 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 14 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 Yazd) is explained once on the Yazd year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.