Kahnūj weather in January

In January, Kahnūj sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 54 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Kahnūj's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kahnūj's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 54 mm; 5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:36 AM – 5:01 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 3.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kahnūj reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°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)	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10

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

How January really feels in Kahnūj

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.

Kahnūj 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 9°	54	5	10.4	7.3
Feb	21° / 11°	42	4.6	11	7.9
Mar	26° / 15°	40	3.9	11.8	7.9
Apr	33° / 20°	10	1.4	12.6	4.7
May	38° / 25°	2	0.8	13.4	1.1
Jun	42° / 28°	2	0.4	13.7	0.0
Jul	42° / 30°	4	1.4	13.6	0.0
Aug	41° / 29°	5	1.8	13	0.0
Sep	38° / 26°	2	0.9	12.2	1.1
Oct	34° / 21°	4	1	11.3	4.4
Nov	27° / 15°	11	2.1	10.6	8.2
Dec	22° / 11°	30	3.3	10.3	8.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 24%.

	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 (%)	79	78	77	77	75	75	75	74	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	76	76	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79
Cloudier (%)	21	22	23	23	25	25	25	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kahnūj gets around 54 mm of rain over 5 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 16% and peaks near 19% 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 (%)	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

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 95% 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 (%)	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	94	93	93
Comfortable (%)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

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 6:35 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 4:50 PM to 5:13 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32
Sunset (PM)	4:50	4:51	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:35	4:50
2	10.3	6:35	4:51
3	10.3	6:35	4:51
4	10.3	6:35	4:52
5	10.3	6:36	4:53
6	10.3	6:36	4:53
7	10.3	6:36	4:54
8	10.3	6:36	4:55
9	10.3	6:36	4:56
10	10.3	6:36	4:56
11	10.3	6:36	4:57
12	10.4	6:36	4:58
13	10.4	6:36	4:58
14	10.4	6:36	4:59
15	10.4	6:36	5:00
16	10.4	6:36	5:01
17	10.4	6:36	5:02
18	10.4	6:36	5:02
19	10.5	6:36	5:03
20	10.5	6:36	5:04
21	10.5	6:36	5:05
22	10.5	6:35	5:05
23	10.5	6:35	5:06
24	10.5	6:35	5:07
25	10.6	6:35	5:08
26	10.6	6:34	5:09
27	10.6	6:34	5:09
28	10.6	6:34	5:10
29	10.6	6:33	5:11
30	10.6	6:33	5:12
31	10.7	6:32	5:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.72 kWh/m² in May across the year — January's 3.84 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)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	4.0	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kahnūj

In seasonPeak

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

Kahnūj sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kahnūj?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kahnūj in January

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

In January, Kahnūj sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 5 days see rain.

UV index in Kahnūj in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kahnūj peaks around June 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	7	9	9	10	12	10	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Kahnūj 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 Kahnūj is worst in July — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (November, 18 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)	20	25	29	32	35	33	47	33	27	23	18	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	29	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	35	Poor
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	47	Poor
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kahnūj?

Kahnūj sits at 27.9°N, 57.7°E, 501 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is ‘Anbarābād, 61 km away.

Topography around Kahnūj

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kahnūj has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 514 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,161 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,291 m.

The land around Kahnūj is covered by bare terrain (53%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (85%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

90 m

bare terrain 53%

16 km

1,161 m

bare terrain 85%

80 km

2,291 m

bare terrain 89%

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

January weather nearby: ‘Anbarābād 61 km · Manūjān 63 km · Rūdān 75 km · Jīroft 82 km · Mīnāb 108 km · Baravāt 143 km · Bam 145 km · Bandar Abbas 163 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 Kahnūj (27.9403°, 57.6998°, elevation 501 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	20	9
2	20	9
3	20	9
4	20	9
5	20	9
6	19	9
7	19	9
8	19	9
9	19	9
10	19	9
11	19	9
12	19	9
13	19	9
14	19	9
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	19	9
18	19	9
19	19	9
20	19	9
21	19	9
22	19	9
23	19	9
24	19	9
25	19	9
26	19	9
27	19	9
28	19	9
29	19	9
30	19	9
31	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	75	25
6	75	25
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	73	27
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	73	27
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	74	26
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	94	6
11	94	6
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	93	7
31	93	7