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Iran climate

Hot dry summers, cold continental winters. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Tehran · Mashhad · Isfahan · Karaj · Tabriz · Shiraz

Browse all 44 cities in Iran

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

BSk

Cold semi-arid

14 cities

Tehranpop 7.2M Mashhadpop 2.3M Karajpop 1.4M Tabrizpop 1.4M Orūmīyehpop 577k Eslamshahrpop 450k Zanjanpop 357k Qazvinpop 334k Shahrīārpop 310k Qodspop 310k Marāghehpop 263k Marāghehpop 263k

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Csa

Hot-summer Mediterranean

13 cities

Qompop 900k Kermanshahpop 621k Rashtpop 595k Hamadānpop 528k Āzādshahrpop 514k Arākpop 504k Ardabīlpop 411k Sanandajpop 349k Khorramabadpop 330k Borūjerdpop 252k Gorgānpop 245k Īlāmpop 141k

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BWh

Hot desert

9 cities

Ahvazpop 841k Zahedanpop 552k Yazdpop 478k Abadanpop 370k Bandar Abbaspop 352k Khorramshahrpop 331k Dezfūlpop 265k Bushehrpop 165k Chabaharpop 47k

BWk

Cold desert

6 cities

Isfahanpop 1.5M Kermanpop 578k Khomeynī Shahrpop 277k Saripop 255k Bīrjandpop 197k Semnanpop 125k

BSh

Hot semi-arid

2 cities

Shirazpop 1.2M Yasujpop 97k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Iran.

Cold semi-aridBSk

Cold semi-aridBSk

Cold semi-aridBSk

Cold semi-aridBSk

Hot semi-aridBSh

Climate types in Iran

Iran spans 5 climate types. All climate types:

BSk Cold semi-arid · 14 cities Csa Hot-summer Mediterranean · 13 cities BWh Hot desert · 9 cities BWk Cold desert · 6 cities BSh Hot semi-arid · 2 cities

Climate records across Iran — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Bandar Abbas (80.5 °F avg) · Coolest Shahr-e Kord (52.3 °F avg) · Wettest Rasht (59 in/yr) · Driest Yazd (3 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Iran sits well between them.