Shahrud climate

Name: Shahrud
Address: IR

Shahrud is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -2.2 °C. April is the wettest month (55 mm) and July the driest (9.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Shahrud averages 373 mm of rain, 133 days above 25 °C and 74 days below freezing.

Iran · population 165,000 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month January -2.2 °C
Driest month July 9 mm
Wettest month April 55 mm
Least cloud August 17 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -14 °C

What to expectShahrud through the year

Shahrud has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 5.2 °C in January to 32 °C in July, a swing of 24 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 133 days a year reach 25 °C, 67 of them reach 30 °C, 74 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 55 mm against 9 mm in July — 6.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	5.2 °C	28 mm	47 %
February	7.4 °C	38 mm	50 %
March	13.0 °C	55 mm	54 %
April	19.4 °C	55 mm	55 %
May	25.0 °C	50 mm	49 %
June	29.6 °C	20 mm	30 %
July	31.8 °C	9 mm	21 %
August	31.2 °C	11 mm	17 %
September	27.1 °C	22 mm	23 %
October	20.4 °C	30 mm	35 %
November	12.1 °C	31 mm	45 %
December	6.7 °C	24 mm	47 %

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	5.2 °C	-2.2 °C	1.3 °C	13.9 °C	-14.5 °C	0	0	24
February	7.4 °C	-1.3 °C	3.0 °C	20.8 °C	-12.5 °C	0	0	19
March	13.0 °C	2.6 °C	7.9 °C	30.2 °C	-10.1 °C	0	0	8
April	19.4 °C	7.8 °C	13.8 °C	32.1 °C	-4.0 °C	4	0	1
May	25.0 °C	12.4 °C	19.0 °C	34.8 °C	0.2 °C	16	3	0
June	29.6 °C	16.5 °C	23.2 °C	37.7 °C	7.1 °C	27	14	0
July	31.8 °C	19.1 °C	25.5 °C	39.3 °C	11.4 °C	30	22	0
August	31.2 °C	18.3 °C	24.9 °C	38.5 °C	9.0 °C	30	21	0
September	27.1 °C	15.0 °C	21.0 °C	36.1 °C	6.7 °C	22	6	0
October	20.4 °C	10.0 °C	15.2 °C	30.0 °C	1.0 °C	4	0	0
November	12.1 °C	3.7 °C	7.7 °C	23.3 °C	-12.4 °C	0	0	5
December	6.7 °C	-0.6 °C	2.8 °C	17.1 °C	-10.4 °C	0	0	17

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	28 mm	7	10.0 h/day	47 %	67 %	11 km/h
February	38 mm	9	11 h/day	50 %	63 %	12 km/h
March	55 mm	11	12 h/day	54 %	58 %	13 km/h
April	55 mm	12	13 h/day	55 %	53 %	14 km/h
May	50 mm	13	14 h/day	49 %	47 %	14 km/h
June	20 mm	6	15 h/day	30 %	43 %	16 km/h
July	9 mm	2	14 h/day	21 %	44 %	16 km/h
August	11 mm	3	14 h/day	17 %	43 %	15 km/h
September	22 mm	5	12 h/day	23 %	48 %	12 km/h
October	30 mm	7	11 h/day	35 %	53 %	10 km/h
November	31 mm	7	10 h/day	45 %	62 %	10 km/h
December	24 mm	6	9.7 h/day	47 %	69 %	10 km/h

How Shahrud 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
Shahrud	32 °C	-2.2 °C	373 mm	133
Gorgān · Iran	31 °C	2.6 °C	606 mm	147
Gonbad-e Kāvūs · Iran	35 °C	1.2 °C	552 mm	172
Sari · Iran	32 °C	1.7 °C	878 mm	144
Qā’em Shahr · Iran	31 °C	1.3 °C	830 mm	136
Āmol · Iran	28 °C	1.6 °C	1,340 mm	94
Bojnūrd · Iran	32 °C	-4.7 °C	357 mm	133

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Shahrud’s climate

When is the best time to visit Shahrud?

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

How hot does Shahrud get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 67 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -2.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 74 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Shahrud?

April, averaging 55 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 373 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 Shahrud 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
Data point: 36.418°, 54.976° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.