Climate and average weather in Nīkshahr
In Nīkshahr, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are mild and clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Nīkshahr typically varies from 11°C to 40°C, and is rarely below 7°C or above 44°C. June is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Nīkshahr for warm-weather activities is from mid November to late March.
- Hottest
- Jun
- 40°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 11°
- Wettest
- Jan
- 26 mm
- Driest
- Sep
- 2 mm
- Rain / yr
- 120 mm
- 19 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.4–13.6 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 466 m
- 26.2°N
- Clearest
- Oct
- 10% cloud
Nīkshahr is city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Nīkshahr 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 mid November to late March.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Nīkshahr, 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 April 26 to October 1, with daily high temperatures above 35°C. The hottest month of the year in Nīkshahr is June, with an average high of 40°C and low of 28°C.
The cool season lasts 2.6 months, from December 7 to February 24, with daily high temperatures below 25°C. The coldest month of the year in Nīkshahr is January, with an average low of 11°C and high of 21°C.
Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 21 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 28 | 24 |
| Avg low (°C) | 11 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 13 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 11 |
| Feb | 23 | 13 |
| Mar | 28 | 17 |
| Apr | 33 | 21 |
| May | 38 | 26 |
| Jun | 40 | 28 |
| Jul | 39 | 28 |
| Aug | 37 | 27 |
| Sep | 36 | 25 |
| Oct | 33 | 22 |
| Nov | 28 | 17 |
| Dec | 24 | 13 |
How hot and cold Nīkshahr really feels
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, Nīkshahr feels like about 42°C (around July 10). About 202 days a year carry some heat stress, and 88 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 21 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 40 | 41 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 28 | 24 |
| Air high (°C) | 21 | 23 | 28 | 33 | 38 | 40 | 39 | 37 | 36 | 33 | 28 | 24 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 11 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 13 |
| Air low (°C) | 11 | 13 | 17 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 13 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 21 | 11 | 11 |
| Feb | 23 | 23 | 13 | 13 |
| Mar | 28 | 28 | 17 | 17 |
| Apr | 33 | 33 | 21 | 21 |
| May | 38 | 38 | 26 | 26 |
| Jun | 40 | 40 | 28 | 28 |
| Jul | 41 | 39 | 28 | 28 |
| Aug | 39 | 37 | 27 | 27 |
| Sep | 36 | 36 | 25 | 25 |
| Oct | 33 | 33 | 22 | 22 |
| Nov | 28 | 28 | 17 | 17 |
| Dec | 24 | 24 | 13 | 13 |
Average hourly temperature in Nīkshahr
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 June afternoons, near 40°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 11°C.
Nīkshahr weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21° / 11° | 26 | 3.1 | 10.5 | 8.3 |
| Feb | 23° / 13° | 19 | 2.5 | 11.1 | 8.7 |
| Mar | 28° / 17° | 25 | 3.1 | 11.8 | 7.6 |
| Apr | 33° / 21° | 5 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 4.4 |
| May | 38° / 26° | 4 | 1.2 | 13.3 | 1.3 |
| Jun | 40° / 28° | 5 | 1.6 | 13.6 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 39° / 28° | 6 | 1.6 | 13.5 | 0.9 |
| Aug | 37° / 27° | 4 | 0.9 | 12.9 | 1.7 |
| Sep | 36° / 25° | 2 | 0.9 | 12.2 | 2.8 |
| Oct | 33° / 22° | 4 | 1.1 | 11.4 | 4.5 |
| Nov | 28° / 17° | 5 | 0.7 | 10.7 | 8.0 |
| Dec | 24° / 13° | 15 | 1.7 | 10.4 | 9.0 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Nīkshahr gets about 120 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, and that barely changes with the seasons — rain is spread fairly evenly through the year.
January is the wettest month by volume, with 26 mm over about 3 wet days; September is the driest, with 2 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Rain days | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 3 |
| Feb | 9 | 3 |
| Mar | 9 | 3 |
| Apr | 3 | 1 |
| May | 4 | 1 |
| Jun | 6 | 2 |
| Jul | 5 | 2 |
| Aug | 3 | 1 |
| Sep | 3 | 1 |
| Oct | 3 | 1 |
| Nov | 3 | 1 |
| Dec | 5 | 2 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Nīkshahr collects about 120 mm of rain across 19 wet days — roughly 10 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 26 mm, while September is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 59% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 26 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| Rain days | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | 3 |
| Feb | 19 | 3 |
| Mar | 25 | 3 |
| Apr | 5 | 1 |
| May | 4 | 1 |
| Jun | 5 | 2 |
| Jul | 6 | 2 |
| Aug | 4 | 1 |
| Sep | 2 | 1 |
| Oct | 4 | 1 |
| Nov | 5 | 1 |
| Dec | 15 | 2 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Nīkshahr, 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 August 14 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around November 30. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around December 1 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around May 1. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 22% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 81 | 82 | 78 | 84 | 94 | 97 | 89 | 90 | 98 | 98 | 93 | 87 |
| Cloudier (%) | 19 | 18 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 81 | 19 |
| Feb | 82 | 18 |
| Mar | 78 | 22 |
| Apr | 84 | 16 |
| May | 94 | 6 |
| Jun | 97 | 3 |
| Jul | 89 | 11 |
| Aug | 90 | 10 |
| Sep | 98 | 2 |
| Oct | 98 | 2 |
| Nov | 93 | 7 |
| Dec | 87 | 13 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
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 4, brings about 13 h 36 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 24 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 12 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.5 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 10.4 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:23 | 6:11 | 5:45 | 5:11 | 4:47 | 4:40 | 4:50 | 5:05 | 5:19 | 5:33 | 5:54 | 6:14 |
| Sunset (PM) | 4:54 | 5:16 | 5:33 | 5:48 | 6:04 | 6:18 | 6:20 | 6:01 | 5:28 | 4:55 | 4:35 | 4:36 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.5 | 6:23 | 4:54 |
| Feb | 11.1 | 6:11 | 5:16 |
| Mar | 11.8 | 5:45 | 5:33 |
| Apr | 12.6 | 5:11 | 5:48 |
| May | 13.3 | 4:47 | 6:04 |
| Jun | 13.6 | 4:40 | 6:18 |
| Jul | 13.5 | 4:50 | 6:20 |
| Aug | 12.9 | 5:05 | 6:01 |
| Sep | 12.2 | 5:19 | 5:28 |
| Oct | 11.4 | 5:33 | 4:55 |
| Nov | 10.7 | 5:54 | 4:35 |
| Dec | 10.4 | 6:14 | 4:36 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Nīkshahr averages about 25 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 20 and 30 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.6 months, from around Aug 16 to Dec 3. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 29 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is March, down near 21 sunny days — about 27% fewer than the September peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 22 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 24 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22 | Bright |
| Feb | 20 | Bright |
| Mar | 21 | Bright |
| Apr | 22 | Bright |
| May | 27 | Brilliant |
| Jun | 28 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 25 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 25 | Brilliant |
| Sep | 29 | Brilliant |
| Oct | 29 | Brilliant |
| Nov | 26 | Brilliant |
| Dec | 24 | Brilliant |
Humidity comfort
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 Nīkshahr, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 4.4 months, from around May 28 to October 8. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 78% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 9 to May 27, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 95 | 92 | 89 | 90 | 75 | 38 | 15 | 15 | 29 | 70 | 89 | 94 |
| Comfortable (%) | 5 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 6 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 28 | 38 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 41 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miserable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 95 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 92 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 89 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 90 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 75 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Jun | 38 | 12 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 0 |
| Jul | 15 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 41 | 2 |
| Aug | 15 | 6 | 12 | 38 | 29 | 1 |
| Sep | 29 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 7 | 0 |
| Oct | 70 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 89 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 94 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
Wind in Nīkshahr is steady company: average speeds sit near 10 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | calm |
| Feb | 10 | calm |
| Mar | 11 | calm |
| Apr | 12 | calm |
| May | 11 | calm |
| Jun | 10 | calm |
| Jul | 10 | calm |
| Aug | 9 | calm |
| Sep | 9 | calm |
| Oct | 9 | calm |
| Nov | 9 | calm |
| Dec | 9 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Nīkshahr
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Nīkshahr sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in July.
Best time to visit Nīkshahr
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Nīkshahr throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid March, Nīkshahr 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 Nīkshahr for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid November to late March, with a peak score in the third week of December.
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).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 8.3 | 8.6 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 7.9 | 9.0 |
| Rating | ideal | ideal | ideal | fair | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | ideal | ideal |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.3 | ideal |
| Feb | 8.6 | ideal |
| Mar | 7.6 | ideal |
| Apr | 4.4 | fair |
| May | 1.3 | poor |
| Jun | 0.2 | poor |
| Jul | 0.9 | poor |
| Aug | 1.8 | poor |
| Sep | 2.8 | poor |
| Oct | 4.5 | fair |
| Nov | 7.9 | ideal |
| Dec | 9.0 | ideal |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Nīkshahr for hot-weather activities run from late February to late April and again from early October to mid December, with a peak score in the second week of November.
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 Nīkshahr, by month
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 June (highs near 40°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 21°C), pack a light layer.
In June, Nīkshahr sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
UV index (midday) in Nīkshahr by month
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 Nīkshahr peaks around August 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (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) | 6 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| Level | High | Very high | Extreme | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | High |
| Feb | 9 | Very high |
| Mar | 11 | Extreme |
| Apr | 10 | Very high |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 10 | Extreme |
| Aug | 12 | Extreme |
| Sep | 10 | Extreme |
| Oct | 8 | Very high |
| Nov | 6 | High |
| Dec | 5 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Nīkshahr
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 August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | 0 |
| Feb | 6.5 | 4 |
| Mar | 7.5 | 5 |
| Apr | 8 | 5.5 |
| May | 8.5 | 6 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 6 |
| Aug | 8 | 6 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5 |
| Oct | 6.5 | 4 |
| Nov | 5 | 0 |
| Dec | 4.5 | 0 |
Air quality in Nīkshahr by month
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 Nīkshahr is worst in July — around 62 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.7× the cleanest month (November, 17 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 | 24 | 22 | 29 | 36 | 45 | 62 | 48 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 18 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Poor | Poor | Unhealthy | Poor | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | Moderate |
| Feb | 24 | Moderate |
| Mar | 22 | Moderate |
| Apr | 29 | Moderate |
| May | 36 | Poor |
| Jun | 45 | Poor |
| Jul | 62 | Unhealthy |
| Aug | 48 | Poor |
| Sep | 32 | Moderate |
| Oct | 23 | Moderate |
| Nov | 17 | Moderate |
| Dec | 18 | Moderate |
Growing season
Nīkshahr is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
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. Nīkshahr banks about 5,901 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around June.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 190 | 224 | 376 | 521 | 681 | 717 | 724 | 684 | 612 | 546 | 372 | 254 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 190 |
| Feb | 224 |
| Mar | 376 |
| Apr | 521 |
| May | 681 |
| Jun | 717 |
| Jul | 724 |
| Aug | 684 |
| Sep | 612 |
| Oct | 546 |
| Nov | 372 |
| Dec | 254 |
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.
Nīkshahr receives about 6.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.2 and 7.7 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Mar 13 to Sep 26. The brightest month is May, averaging about 7.7 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 4.2 kWh/m² — roughly 45% less than the May peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.3 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.3 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.3 | Bright |
| Mar | 6.2 | Intense |
| Apr | 7.3 | Intense |
| May | 7.7 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.5 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.0 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.8 | Intense |
| Sep | 6.3 | Intense |
| Oct | 5.7 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.8 | Bright |
| Dec | 4.2 | Bright |
Where is Nīkshahr?
Nīkshahr sits at 26.2°N, 60.2°E, 466 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Qaşr-e Qand, 54 km away.
Topography around Nīkshahr
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Nīkshahr.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Nīkshahr has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 296 m around an average of 467 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,050 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,032 m.
The land around Nīkshahr is covered by bare terrain (84%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 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 Nīkshahr (26.2258°, 60.2143°, elevation 466 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).