Iranshahr weather in January

In January, Iranshahr sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 21 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Iranshahr's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Iranshahr's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
21 mm
2.9 wet days
Daylight
10 h 30 min
6:23 AM – 4:50 PM
Cloud cover
27%
10th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Iranshahr is city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical January day in Iranshahr reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Iranshahr

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Iranshahr weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 212.910.58.0
Feb23° / 10°172.6118.5
Mar27° / 15°202.911.87.9
Apr33° / 20°40.612.64.7
May38° / 25°00.113.31.2
Jun41° / 28°10.313.70.0
Jul42° / 29°20.513.50.0
Aug40° / 27°10.4130.0
Sep38° / 23°0012.21.5
Oct33° / 19°30.311.34.6
Nov27° / 13°30.710.78.4
Dec22° / 101.710.38.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Iranshahr gets around 21 mm of rain over 2.9 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 10% and peaks near 12% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
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31000
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51000
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
38calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:21 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 4:40 PM to 5:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.36:214:40
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310.36:224:41
410.36:224:42
510.36:224:42
610.36:224:43
710.46:224:44
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2810.76:205:00
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 4.27 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Iranshahr

In seasonPeak

None of Iranshahr's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Iranshahr sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is January a good time to visit Iranshahr?

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

8.0
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Iranshahr for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Iranshahr in January

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

In January, Iranshahr sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Iranshahr in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Iranshahr peaks around May 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateMay 23UV 11Dec 19UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb8Very high
Mar10Extreme
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Iranshahr 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 Iranshahr is worst in July — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.0× the cleanest month (November, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1747 µg/m³Nov 2013 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun33Moderate
Jul49Poor
Aug34Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Iranshahr?

Iranshahr sits at 27.2°N, 60.7°E, 566 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Qaşr-e Qand, 106 km away.

Qaşr-e QandNīkshahrKhāshSarāvānPīshīnJālqKonārakChabahar

Topography around Iranshahr

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Iranshahr has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 569 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 372 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,243 m.

The land around Iranshahr is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and bare terrain (44%) within 3 km, bare terrain (85%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
372 m
80 km
2,243 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Qaşr-e Qand 106 km · Nīkshahr 118 km · Khāsh 125 km · Sarāvān 164 km · Pīshīn 164 km · Jālq 205 km · Konārak 207 km · Chabahar 212 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
Muslim 99%Christian 1%Baha'i 0%agnostic 0%

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 Iranshahr (27.2024°, 60.6848°, elevation 566 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).