Zahedan climate

Name: Zahedan
Address: IR

Zahedan is warmest in July, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 1.9 °C. January is the wettest month (24 mm) and September the driest (0.04 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zahedan averages 96 mm of rain, 206 days above 25 °C and 21 days below freezing.

Iran · population 551,980 · 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 1.9 °C
Driest month September 0 mm
Wettest month January 24 mm
Least cloud September 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 42 °C
Coldest on record January -9.4 °C

What to expectZahedan through the year

Zahedan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 14 °C in January to 37 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 206 days a year reach 25 °C, 151 of them reach 30 °C, 21 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in September to 24 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	13.5 °C	24 mm	31 %
February	16.4 °C	21 mm	31 %
March	21.3 °C	19 mm	33 %
April	27.6 °C	8 mm	30 %
May	32.4 °C	2 mm	19 %
June	35.6 °C	1 mm	7 %
July	36.6 °C	under 1 mm	7 %
August	35.1 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
September	31.5 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
October	26.2 °C	2 mm	7 %
November	19.9 °C	5 mm	18 %
December	15.4 °C	13 mm	24 %

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	13.5 °C	1.9 °C	7.7 °C	24.5 °C	-9.4 °C	0	0	10
February	16.4 °C	4.0 °C	10.4 °C	29.2 °C	-8.6 °C	1	0	6
March	21.3 °C	8.4 °C	15.3 °C	33.8 °C	-5.1 °C	7	1	1
April	27.6 °C	13.8 °C	21.4 °C	36.8 °C	0.0 °C	22	10	0
May	32.4 °C	18.8 °C	26.3 °C	40.5 °C	4.4 °C	30	24	0
June	35.6 °C	22.0 °C	29.5 °C	42.0 °C	14.2 °C	30	29	0
July	36.6 °C	23.0 °C	30.3 °C	42.1 °C	16.5 °C	31	31	0
August	35.1 °C	21.5 °C	28.7 °C	40.7 °C	14.8 °C	31	31	0
September	31.5 °C	18.1 °C	25.0 °C	39.5 °C	8.7 °C	29	21	0
October	26.2 °C	13.5 °C	20.0 °C	35.1 °C	2.5 °C	20	5	0
November	19.9 °C	7.7 °C	13.7 °C	29.7 °C	-3.2 °C	4	0	0
December	15.4 °C	3.6 °C	9.3 °C	26.7 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	24 mm	4	10 h/day	31 %	53 %	18 km/h
February	21 mm	4	11 h/day	31 %	48 %	21 km/h
March	19 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	40 %	21 km/h
April	8 mm	2	13 h/day	30 %	29 %	19 km/h
May	2 mm	1	14 h/day	19 %	20 %	17 km/h
June	1 mm	0	14 h/day	7 %	16 %	20 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	7 %	17 %	22 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	6 %	16 %	21 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	2 %	17 %	17 km/h
October	2 mm	1	11 h/day	7 %	25 %	14 km/h
November	5 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	37 %	14 km/h
December	13 mm	2	10 h/day	24 %	45 %	15 km/h

How Zahedan 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
Zahedan	37 °C	1.9 °C	96 mm	206
Kerman · Iran	35 °C	-0.1 °C	117 mm	176
Bīrjand · Iran	34 °C	-1.4 °C	186 mm	176
Sirjan · Iran	35 °C	-0.9 °C	172 mm	176
Bandar Abbas · Iran	40 °C	13 °C	193 mm	296
Kandahār · Afghanistan	40 °C	-0.1 °C	190 mm	207
Khuzdar · Pakistan	37 °C	2.1 °C	161 mm	234

Where Zahedan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in September	7th of 50	0.04 mm
The driest places in the world in September	19th of 50	0.04 mm
The driest places in Asia in October	25th of 50	2.0 mm
The driest places in Asia year-round	30th of 50	8.0 mm
The driest places in Asia in May	42nd of 50	2.3 mm
The driest places in the world in October	47th of 50	2.0 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Zahedan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zahedan?

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

How hot does Zahedan get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 151 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 1.9 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 21 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Zahedan?

January, averaging 24 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is September with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 96 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 Zahedan 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: 29.496°, 60.863° (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.