Yazd climate

Name: Yazd
Address: IR

Yazd is warmest in July, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 0.2 °C. January is the wettest month (20 mm) and August the driest (0.08 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yazd averages 100 mm of rain, 197 days above 25 °C and 34 days below freezing.

Iran · population 477,905 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 0.2 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 20 mm
Least cloud September 4 % cloud
Hottest on record August 43 °C
Coldest on record January -13 °C

What to expectYazd through the year

Yazd has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in January to 38 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 197 days a year reach 25 °C, 146 of them reach 30 °C, 34 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in August to 20 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	12.5 °C	20 mm	31 %
February	15.7 °C	13 mm	29 %
March	20.3 °C	19 mm	33 %
April	25.9 °C	13 mm	37 %
May	31.1 °C	6 mm	27 %
June	36.2 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
July	38.0 °C	under 1 mm	9 %
August	36.4 °C	under 1 mm	5 %
September	32.7 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
October	26.4 °C	2 mm	12 %
November	18.7 °C	11 mm	29 %
December	14.3 °C	16 mm	31 %

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	12.5 °C	0.2 °C	6.6 °C	24.3 °C	-13.3 °C	0	0	14
February	15.7 °C	2.5 °C	9.6 °C	27.8 °C	-11.7 °C	0	0	8
March	20.3 °C	7.2 °C	14.5 °C	33.4 °C	-3.9 °C	5	0	1
April	25.9 °C	13.0 °C	20.2 °C	35.6 °C	2.4 °C	18	5	0
May	31.1 °C	18.2 °C	25.4 °C	38.6 °C	7.7 °C	29	20	0
June	36.2 °C	22.6 °C	30.2 °C	42.5 °C	13.7 °C	30	30	0
July	38.0 °C	24.6 °C	32.1 °C	43.1 °C	18.5 °C	31	31	0
August	36.4 °C	23.5 °C	30.5 °C	43.2 °C	13.6 °C	31	31	0
September	32.7 °C	19.2 °C	26.5 °C	39.5 °C	10.6 °C	30	25	0
October	26.4 °C	13.3 °C	20.4 °C	34.4 °C	3.3 °C	20	4	0
November	18.7 °C	6.1 °C	12.9 °C	28.4 °C	-4.9 °C	2	0	2
December	14.3 °C	1.9 °C	8.3 °C	26.4 °C	-10.4 °C	0	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	20 mm	4	10 h/day	31 %	51 %	10 km/h
February	13 mm	3	11 h/day	29 %	40 %	13 km/h
March	19 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	33 %	14 km/h
April	13 mm	3	13 h/day	37 %	28 %	14 km/h
May	6 mm	1	14 h/day	27 %	21 %	14 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	15 %	13 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	9 %	15 %	13 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	5 %	15 %	13 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	4 %	16 %	12 km/h
October	2 mm	1	11 h/day	12 %	24 %	10 km/h
November	11 mm	2	11 h/day	29 %	39 %	9.5 km/h
December	16 mm	3	10 h/day	31 %	49 %	9.6 km/h

How Yazd 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
Yazd	38 °C	0.2 °C	100 mm	197
Isfahan · Iran	37 °C	-3.6 °C	98 mm	173
Shāhīn Shahr · Iran	36 °C	-3.1 °C	120 mm	166
Najafābād · Iran	37 °C	-5.4 °C	144 mm	170
Sirjan · Iran	35 °C	-0.9 °C	172 mm	176

Where Yazd ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in September	18th of 50	0.09 mm
The driest places in Asia in October	30th of 50	2.3 mm
The driest places in the world in September	33rd of 50	0.09 mm
The driest places in Asia year-round	34th of 50	8.3 mm
The driest places in Asia in August	35th of 50	0.08 mm
The driest places in Asia in July	38th of 50	0.09 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Yazd’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yazd?

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 August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Yazd get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 146 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 0.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 34 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Yazd?

January, averaging 20 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 100 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 Yazd 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: 31.897°, 54.367° (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.