Kāshmar in Winter

In winter (December, January and February), Kāshmar sees average daytime highs around 9°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 74 mm of precipitation over about 15 wet days across the season. It is the coldest season of the year and the wettest season of the year.

Across winter, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 9°C. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time across winter, and the air most often feels dry.

Winter is Kāshmar's weakest season of the year to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Kāshmar's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high
9°C
coldest season of the year
Avg overnight low
1°C
Precipitation
74 mm
15 wet days
Avg wind
8 km/h
Travel score
2.4
weakest season of the year
Months
Dec · Jan · Feb

Temperature in Kāshmar in Winter

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Across winter, daytime highs hold fairly steady around 9°C.

A typical winter day in Kāshmar reaches about 9°C and drops to 1°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is February, the coolest January.

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How winter really feels in Kāshmar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, winter brings about 0 days that feel above 32°C and 82 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
82
wind chill below the day's low

The story in winter is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Kāshmar weather by month

How the three winter months (December, January and February) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°264.91.89.91.6
Feb10° / 336110.72.8
Mar16° / 396.80.511.75.6
Apr23° / 12°203.8012.97.9
May29° / 17°71.6013.86.8
Jun34° / 21°10.3014.33.8
Jul36° / 23°00.1014.12.6
Aug35° / 21°00.1013.33.5
Sep31° / 17°00012.26.5
Oct24° / 11°30.7011.19.0
Nov16° / 92.4010.16.1
Dec10° / 163.70.89.72.8

Cloud cover in Winter

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time across winter.

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Chance of precipitation in Winter

Any precipitationSnow

Kāshmar gets around 74 mm of rain and snow over 15 wet days across winter. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

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Humidity in Winter

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

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Wind in Winter

Winds average 8 km/h across winter.

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Sunrise & sunset in Winter

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min in early December to 11 h 06 min by late February. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMDecJanFeb

Solar energy in Winter

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across winter, about 3.4 kWh/m².

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Planning a trip in winter

Hazard calendar for Kāshmar

In seasonPeak

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

Kāshmar sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

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

Is winter a good time to visit Kāshmar?

Our two travel scores rate winter for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

2.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

winter is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kāshmar.

What to pack for Kāshmar in Winter

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

In winter, Kāshmar sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Kāshmar in Winter

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across winter averages around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kāshmar peaks around July 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 19UV 11Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Kāshmar in Winter

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kāshmar is worst in May — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1031 µg/m³Dec 2114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kāshmar?

Kāshmar sits at 35.2°N, 58.5°E, 1,054 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Bardaskan, 45 km away.

NeyshābūrMarāghehSabzevarFerdowsŢorqabeh

Topography around Kāshmar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kāshmar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 1,057 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,316 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,131 m.

The land around Kāshmar is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), cropland (36%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (72%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
1,316 m
80 km
2,131 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Winter weather nearby: Bardaskan 45 km · Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 69 km · Gonābād 100 km · Neyshābūr 112 km · Marāgheh 124 km · Sabzevar 129 km · Ferdows 138 km · Ţorqabeh 145 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 Kāshmar (35.2383°, 58.4656°, elevation 1,054 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.