Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahedan 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 Zahedan: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 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 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zābol (181 km away). In December its highs average 16.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Zahedan, with 7.3 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zahedan ranks 26th of 128 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Zahedan is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 24 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
Zahedan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 24 | 4.0 | 10.510 h |
| February | 16.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 19 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 35.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 36.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 35.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 10.711 h |
| December, selected | 15.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 13 | 1.9 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Zābol in DecemberIran · 181 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Bam in DecemberIran · 247 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Iranshahr in DecemberIran · 256 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 8.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Jīroft in DecemberIran · 317 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.7°C · 25 mm rain
- Kerman in DecemberIran · 375 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 2.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Bīrjand in DecemberIran · 406 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 22 mm rain
- Turbat in DecemberPakistan · 444 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 12.6°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Mīnāb in DecemberIran · 454 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 37 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 Zahedan) is explained once on the Zahedan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.