Climate averages 1991–2020
Zābol weather
in December.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Zābol: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zahedan (181 km away). In December its highs average 15.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Zābol, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zābol ranks 24th of 128 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Zābol is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.3 mm to 15 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
Zābol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 15 | 3.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 25.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 15 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 37.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 41.6°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 42.9°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 40.9°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 36.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| December, selected | 16.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 7.3 | 1.6 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Zahedan in DecemberIran · 181 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 3.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Bīrjand in DecemberIran · 296 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Bam in DecemberIran · 370 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Herāt in DecemberAfghanistan · 375 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Kandahār in DecemberAfghanistan · 406 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Kerman in DecemberIran · 430 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 2.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Iranshahr in DecemberIran · 433 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Jīroft in DecemberIran · 447 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 25 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 Zābol) is explained once on the Zābol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.