Kerman climate

Name: Kerman
Address: IR

Kerman is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -0.1 °C. February is the wettest month (28 mm) and June the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kerman averages 117 mm of rain, 176 days above 25 °C and 37 days below freezing.

Iran · population 577,514 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 35 °C
Coldest month January -0.1 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month February 28 mm
Least cloud September 5 % cloud
Hottest on record July 40 °C
Coldest on record January -18 °C

What to expectKerman through the year

Kerman has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 176 days a year reach 25 °C, 120 of them reach 30 °C, 37 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 28 mm in February. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	11.1 °C	22 mm	33 %
February	13.7 °C	28 mm	33 %
March	18.1 °C	24 mm	34 %
April	23.9 °C	14 mm	35 %
May	29.4 °C	4 mm	24 %
June	33.8 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
July	34.6 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
August	33.2 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
September	30.1 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
October	24.5 °C	2 mm	10 %
November	17.7 °C	9 mm	25 %
December	13.4 °C	15 mm	29 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	11.1 °C	-0.1 °C	5.4 °C	22.0 °C	-18.3 °C	0	0	15
February	13.7 °C	1.6 °C	7.7 °C	24.7 °C	-15.6 °C	0	0	9
March	18.1 °C	5.4 °C	12.0 °C	30.8 °C	-6.9 °C	1	0	3
April	23.9 °C	10.9 °C	17.8 °C	31.9 °C	1.1 °C	13	1	0
May	29.4 °C	15.8 °C	23.3 °C	37.3 °C	6.9 °C	27	15	0
June	33.8 °C	19.7 °C	27.6 °C	39.3 °C	12.6 °C	30	28	0
July	34.6 °C	21.2 °C	28.6 °C	40.2 °C	14.5 °C	31	30	0
August	33.2 °C	20.1 °C	27.1 °C	39.2 °C	13.2 °C	31	29	0
September	30.1 °C	16.7 °C	23.6 °C	36.5 °C	8.0 °C	29	17	0
October	24.5 °C	12.0 °C	18.4 °C	31.4 °C	2.6 °C	13	1	0
November	17.7 °C	6.1 °C	11.8 °C	26.5 °C	-6.4 °C	0	0	2
December	13.4 °C	2.2 °C	7.7 °C	23.9 °C	-8.5 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	22 mm	5	10 h/day	33 %	50 %	14 km/h
February	28 mm	6	11 h/day	33 %	47 %	18 km/h
March	24 mm	6	12 h/day	34 %	40 %	18 km/h
April	14 mm	3	13 h/day	35 %	32 %	18 km/h
May	4 mm	1	14 h/day	24 %	22 %	17 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	11 %	16 %	16 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	8 %	17 %	16 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	5 %	17 %	15 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	5 %	17 %	13 km/h
October	2 mm	0	11 h/day	10 %	26 %	12 km/h
November	9 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	38 %	12 km/h
December	15 mm	3	10 h/day	29 %	44 %	12 km/h

How Kerman compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kerman	35 °C	-0.1 °C	117 mm	176
Sirjan · Iran	35 °C	-0.9 °C	172 mm	176
Yazd · Iran	38 °C	0.2 °C	100 mm	197
Bandar Abbas · Iran	40 °C	13 °C	193 mm	296
Bīrjand · Iran	34 °C	-1.4 °C	186 mm	176
Zahedan · Iran	37 °C	1.9 °C	96 mm	206

Where Kerman ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in October	28thof 50	2.3 mm
The driest places in Asia in September	42ndof 50	0.3 mm
The driest places in Asia year-round	48thof 50	9.8 mm
The driest places in Asia in June	49thof 50	0.3 mm
The driest places in the world in October	50thof 50	2.3 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kerman.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kerman’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kerman?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kerman get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 120 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -0.1 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 37 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Kerman?

February, averaging 28 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 117 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kerman rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.