Shiraz climate
Shiraz is warmest in July, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.7 °C. January is the wettest month (96 mm) and June the driest (0.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Shiraz averages 380 mm of rain, 184 days above 25 °C and 25 days below freezing.
Iran · population 1,249,942 · 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 37 °C
- Coldest month January 0.7 °C
- Driest month June 0 mm
- Wettest month January 96 mm
- Least cloud September 7 % cloud
- Hottest on record July 42 °C
- Coldest on record December -13 °C
What to expectShiraz through the year
Shiraz has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 11 °C in January to 37 °C in July, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 184 days a year reach 25 °C, 137 of them reach 30 °C, 25 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.
Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 96 mm against 0 mm in June — 240 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.7 °C | 96 mm | 39 % |
| February | 13.3 °C | 68 mm | 36 % |
| March | 17.5 °C | 71 mm | 35 % |
| April | 23.1 °C | 33 mm | 37 % |
| May | 30.0 °C | 7 mm | 22 % |
| June | 35.4 °C | under 1 mm | 7 % |
| July | 37.2 °C | 1 mm | 10 % |
| August | 36.1 °C | 1 mm | 10 % |
| September | 32.4 °C | under 1 mm | 7 % |
| October | 26.5 °C | 3 mm | 13 % |
| November | 18.7 °C | 33 mm | 29 % |
| December | 13.6 °C | 67 mm | 34 % |
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 | 10.7 °C | 0.7 °C | 5.4 °C | 21.9 °C | -13.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| February | 13.3 °C | 2.3 °C | 7.5 °C | 22.7 °C | -6.7 °C | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| March | 17.5 °C | 5.7 °C | 11.5 °C | 29.5 °C | -5.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| April | 23.1 °C | 10.7 °C | 17.0 °C | 30.9 °C | 2.1 °C | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 30.0 °C | 16.4 °C | 23.5 °C | 37.8 °C | 7.7 °C | 29 | 16 | 0 |
| June | 35.4 °C | 21.2 °C | 28.5 °C | 40.0 °C | 13.1 °C | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| July | 37.2 °C | 23.6 °C | 30.6 °C | 41.8 °C | 18.4 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| August | 36.1 °C | 23.2 °C | 29.8 °C | 40.6 °C | 17.5 °C | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| September | 32.4 °C | 19.7 °C | 26.0 °C | 37.9 °C | 14.5 °C | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| October | 26.5 °C | 14.8 °C | 20.4 °C | 32.9 °C | 7.3 °C | 22 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 18.7 °C | 8.3 °C | 13.1 °C | 26.4 °C | -1.3 °C | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 13.6 °C | 3.6 °C | 8.2 °C | 22.7 °C | -13.5 °C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 96 mm | 7 | 10 h/day | 39 % | 64 % | 9.8 km/h |
| February | 68 mm | 7 | 11 h/day | 36 % | 63 % | 12 km/h |
| March | 71 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 35 % | 56 % | 13 km/h |
| April | 33 mm | 5 | 13 h/day | 37 % | 47 % | 14 km/h |
| May | 7 mm | 2 | 14 h/day | 22 % | 28 % | 14 km/h |
| June | under 1 mm | 0 | 14 h/day | 7 % | 18 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 1 mm | 0 | 14 h/day | 10 % | 19 % | 13 km/h |
| August | 1 mm | 0 | 13 h/day | 10 % | 21 % | 13 km/h |
| September | under 1 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 7 % | 22 % | 11 km/h |
| October | 3 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 13 % | 30 % | 10 km/h |
| November | 33 mm | 4 | 11 h/day | 29 % | 48 % | 10 km/h |
| December | 67 mm | 5 | 10 h/day | 34 % | 58 % | 9.2 km/h |
Where Shiraz ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in Asia in April | 1stof 50 | 97/100 |
| Places with the best weather in the world in April | 3rdof 50 | 97/100 |
| The driest places in Asia in October | 37thof 50 | 2.7 mm |
| The driest places in Asia in September | 49thof 50 | 0.4 mm |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Shiraz.
QuestionsCommon questions about Shiraz’s climate
When is the best time to visit Shiraz?
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 Shiraz get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 137 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 0.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 25 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Shiraz?
January, averaging 96 mm over 7 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 380 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 Shiraz 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
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.