Climate and average weather in Jam

In Jam, the summers are muggy, sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: late October to early May

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Jam typically varies from 14°C to 35°C, and is rarely below 11°C or above 37°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Jam for warm-weather activities is from late October to early May.

Hottest
Jul
35°
Coldest
Jan
14°
Wettest
Jan
66 mm
Driest
Jun
0 mm
Rain / yr
210 mm
20 wet days
Daylight
10.2–13.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
622 m
27.8°N
Clearest
Jun
2% cloud

Jam is city in Bushehr Province, Iran.

Founded
1996

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

Jam weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late October to early May.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Jam, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 5.2 months, from May 11 to October 14, with daily high temperatures above 31°C. The hottest month of the year in Jam is July, with an average high of 35°C and low of 31°C.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from December 11 to March 7, with daily high temperatures below 22°C. The coldest month of the year in Jam is January, with an average low of 14°C and high of 19°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1914
Feb2015
Mar2218
Apr2722
May3127
Jun3430
Jul3531
Aug3531
Sep3329
Oct3126
Nov2621
Dec2116

How hot and cold Jam really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Jam feels like about 42°C (around August 14). About 147 days a year carry some heat stress, and 62 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in August.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan19191414
Feb20201515
Mar22221818
Apr27272222
May31312727
Jun36343030
Jul40353131
Aug42353131
Sep38332929
Oct32312626
Nov25262121
Dec21211616

Average hourly temperature in Jam

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 35°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 14°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Jam weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan19° / 14°665.610.47.2
Feb20° / 15°343.5117.7
Mar22° / 18°263.311.88.3
Apr27° / 22°50.812.68.3
May31° / 27°00.113.45.8
Jun34° / 30°0013.74.3
Jul35° / 31°0013.63.7
Aug35° / 31°10.1133.7
Sep33° / 29°0012.24.7
Oct31° / 26°10.111.36.5
Nov26° / 21°232.210.68.5
Dec21° / 16°534.510.37.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Jam gets about 210 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.8 months, from around Nov 11 to Apr 5, peaking in January at about 20% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around May 20.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 66 mm over about 6 wet days; June is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainJan 13 · 20%May 20 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan176
Feb124
Mar103
Apr41
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct10
Nov82
Dec155

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Jam collects about 210 mm of rain across 20 wet days — roughly 17 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 66 mm, while June is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 73% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec6634265001012353
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan666
Feb344
Mar263
Apr51
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug10
Sep00
Oct10
Nov232
Dec535

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Jam, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 11 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around November 9. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 100% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 10 and lasts for 6.0 months, ending around May 10. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 25% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 5 · 100%Mar 22 · 73%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7624
Feb7822
Mar7525
Apr7723
May9010
Jun991
Jul991
Aug991
Sep1000
Oct964
Nov8515
Dec7921

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 16, brings about 13 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around December 16, only 10 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.46:585:22
Feb11.06:455:46
Mar11.86:176:04
Apr12.65:416:21
May13.45:166:38
Jun13.75:086:53
Jul13.65:186:54
Aug13.05:356:35
Sep12.25:506:00
Oct11.36:065:25
Nov10.66:285:04
Dec10.36:495:04

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Jam averages about 25 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 19 and 30 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.8 months, from around May 12 to Nov 5. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 30 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is March, down near 20 sunny days — about 36% fewer than the September peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 930 daysMar 2219 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan20Bright
Feb19Bright
Mar20Bright
Apr19Bright
May26Brilliant
Jun29Brilliant
Jul30Brilliant
Aug30Brilliant
Sep30Brilliant
Oct29Brilliant
Nov23Brilliant
Dec22Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Jam, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around May 12 to November 3. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around November 4 to May 11, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 98% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 28 · 99%Jul 14 · 0%humidmiserablemuggyoppressivedrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan83152000
Feb75233000
Mar563311000
Apr284426300
May938391210
Jun1132931215
Jul007223436
Aug00292564
Sep0310213432
Oct7152732154
Nov383223610
Dec68257000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Jam is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Dec 30 to Jun 24. The windiest month is May, averaging about 12 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 25 to Dec 29, with August the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmercalmlight breezeMay 19 · 13 km/hAug 23 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan11calm
Feb12light breeze
Mar12light breeze
Apr12calm
May12light breeze
Jun11calm
Jul9calm
Aug8calm
Sep9calm
Oct9calm
Nov10calm
Dec11calm

Hazard calendar for Jam

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

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

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

Best time to visit Jam

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Jam throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late April, Jam is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Jam for general outdoor tourist activities is from late October to early May, with a peak score in the third week of November.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 18 · 8.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan7.2good
Feb7.7ideal
Mar8.3ideal
Apr8.2ideal
May5.8good
Jun4.3fair
Jul3.7fair
Aug3.7fair
Sep4.7fair
Oct6.5good
Nov8.5ideal
Dec7.9ideal

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Jam for hot-weather activities is from early April to late November, with a peak score in the last week of October.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 25 · 9.3

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Jam, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 35°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 19°C), pack a light layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Jam sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 31°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

Sea temperature near Jam

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 km away) is warmest in August at about 34°C and coldest in February near 22°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan23Refreshing
Feb22Refreshing
Mar22Refreshing
Apr24Refreshing
May27Warm
Jun30Tropical
Jul32Tropical
Aug34Tropical
Sep33Tropical
Oct31Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec25Warm

UV index (midday) in Jam by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jam peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 11Dec 23UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb7Very high
Mar8Very high
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep7High
Oct7Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Jam

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan40
Feb63
Mar6.53.5
Apr6.51.5
May85
Jun8.56.5
Jul85.5
Aug7.55
Sep6.52.5
Oct6.53
Nov50
Dec3.50

Air quality in Jam by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Jam is worst in July — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 26 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1854 µg/m³Nov 2326 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan30Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar37Poor
Apr41Poor
May45Poor
Jun42Poor
Jul56Unhealthy
Aug46Poor
Sep39Poor
Oct34Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Jam is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Jam banks about 5,666 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan196
Feb204
Mar312
Apr430
May594
Jun652
Jul707
Aug709
Sep637
Oct563
Nov392
Dec270

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Jam receives about 5.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.7 and 7.8 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Mar 21 to Oct 1. The brightest month is May, averaging about 7.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.7 kWh/m² — roughly 52% less than the May peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseMay 307.8 kWhDec 193.7 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.8Moderate
Feb4.8Bright
Mar5.8Bright
Apr6.8Intense
May7.6Intense
Jun7.7Intense
Jul7.3Intense
Aug7.0Intense
Sep6.3Intense
Oct5.4Bright
Nov4.3Bright
Dec3.7Moderate

Where is Jam?

Jam sits at 27.8°N, 52.3°E, 622 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Makū, 10 km away.

Khonj

Topography around Jam

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jam has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 652 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,518 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,093 m.

The land around Jam is covered by bare terrain (44%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (79%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (64%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
166 m
16 km
1,518 m
80 km
2,093 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Makū 10 km · Bandar-e Kangān 26 km · Bandar-e Deyr 38 km · Nakhl-e Taqī 45 km · Pārsiān 98 km · Qīr 101 km · Lamerd 101 km · Khonj 109 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 Jam (27.8298°, 52.3252°, elevation 622 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).