Climate averages 1991–2020
Zābol weather
in January.
A cool, fairly dry month: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Zābol: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zahedan (181 km away). In January its highs average 13.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Zābol, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zābol ranks 22nd of 128 for the warmest January highs and joint 3rd of 128 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 128 cities is 8.6°C; Zābol is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 11 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
Zābol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Zahedan in JanuaryIran · 181 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Bīrjand in JanuaryIran · 296 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -1.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Bam in JanuaryIran · 370 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Herāt in JanuaryAfghanistan · 375 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -1.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Kandahār in JanuaryAfghanistan · 406 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 0.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Kerman in JanuaryIran · 430 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 21 mm rain
- Iranshahr in JanuaryIran · 433 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Jīroft in JanuaryIran · 447 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 59 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.