Dezful weather in January

In January, Dezful sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 132 mm of rain across 9.7 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Dezful's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dezful's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 132 mm; 9.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:23 AM – 5:28 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Dezful is city in Khuzestan Province, Iran.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month.

A typical January day in Dezful reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	16	7
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	17	6
31	17	7

How January really feels in Dezful

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Dezful weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 6°	132	9.7	10.1	5.5
Feb	18° / 8°	94	7.9	10.8	6.5
Mar	23° / 11°	113	7.3	11.8	7.5
Apr	29° / 16°	70	5.3	12.8	6.4
May	37° / 21°	9	1.6	13.6	2.0
Jun	43° / 25°	0	0	14.1	0.0
Jul	45° / 28°	0	0	13.9	0.0
Aug	45° / 28°	0	0	13.2	0.0
Sep	41° / 23°	1	0.3	12.2	0.2
Oct	34° / 19°	22	1.7	11.2	3.8
Nov	24° / 13°	89	6.2	10.3	7.6
Dec	18° / 8°	135	8.3	9.9	6.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	65	65	65	65	64	63	63	63	62	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63
Cloudier (%)	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	36	37	37	37	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Dezful gets around 132 mm of rain over 9.7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	30
19	30
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	33

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of January to 10 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:22 AM to 7:18 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:22	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18
Sunset (PM)	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:22	5:17
2	9.9	7:23	5:17
3	9.9	7:23	5:18
4	9.9	7:23	5:19
5	9.9	7:23	5:20
6	10.0	7:23	5:20
7	10.0	7:23	5:21
8	10.0	7:23	5:22
9	10.0	7:23	5:23
10	10.0	7:23	5:23
11	10.0	7:23	5:24
12	10.0	7:23	5:25
13	10.0	7:23	5:26
14	10.1	7:23	5:27
15	10.1	7:23	5:28
16	10.1	7:23	5:28
17	10.1	7:23	5:29
18	10.1	7:23	5:30
19	10.1	7:22	5:31
20	10.2	7:22	5:32
21	10.2	7:22	5:33
22	10.2	7:22	5:34
23	10.2	7:21	5:35
24	10.2	7:21	5:35
25	10.3	7:20	5:36
26	10.3	7:20	5:37
27	10.3	7:20	5:38
28	10.3	7:19	5:39
29	10.4	7:19	5:40
30	10.4	7:18	5:41
31	10.4	7:18	5:42

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.88 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.09 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.1	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Dezful

In seasonPeak

In January, Dezful sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Dezful's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Dezful sees seasonal dust haze (March–May), heaviest in May.

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Dezful?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Dezful for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dezful in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Dezful sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Dezful in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dezful peaks around June 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	6	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Dezful in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Dezful is worst in May — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (November, 31 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	35	42	48	49	51	35	36	33	32	32	31	32
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	35	Poor
Feb	42	Poor
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	49	Poor
May	51	Poor
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Dezful?

Dezful sits at 32.4°N, 48.4°E, 143 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Andīmeshk, 10 km away.

Topography around Dezful

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Dezful.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dezful has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 136 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,662 m.

The land around Dezful is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

42 m

artificial surfaces 64%

16 km

279 m

cropland 63%

80 km

2,662 m

grassland 48%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← December Dezful year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Andīmeshk 10 km · Shush 26 km · Gotvand 41 km · Shūshtar 56 km · Lālī 65 km · Sūsangerd 93 km · Masjed Soleymān 98 km · Ḥamīdiyeh 100 km

Iran travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 352% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,924; 2025
Happiness: 5.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 94%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.4; per 100k, 2014
Road deaths: 21.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 492
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Dezful (32.3811°, 48.4058°, elevation 143 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	16	7
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	17	6
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	30
19	30
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	16	7
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	17	6
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	30
19	30
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	16	7
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	17	6
31	17	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	65	35
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	65	35
19	64	36
20	63	37
21	63	37
22	63	37
23	62	38
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	30
19	30
20	31
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	33
25	33
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0