Parand weather in January

In January, Parand sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 7 wet days and about 9.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Parand's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Parand's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 8°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: -1°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 36 mm; 7 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 48 min; 7:20 AM – 5:11 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Parand is city in Tehran Province, Iran.

Founded: 2013

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical January day in Parand reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
Avg low (°C)	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-2	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	0
2	9	-1
3	9	-1
4	9	-1
5	9	-1
6	9	-1
7	9	-1
8	8	-1
9	8	-1
10	8	-1
11	8	-1
12	8	-2
13	8	-2
14	8	-2
15	8	-2
16	8	-2
17	8	-2
18	8	-2
19	8	-2
20	8	-2
21	8	-2
22	8	-2
23	8	-2
24	8	-1
25	8	-1
26	8	-1
27	9	-1
28	9	-1
29	9	-1
30	9	-1
31	9	-1

How January really feels in Parand

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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

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

Parand weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / -1°	36	7	3	9.9	1.7
Feb	11° / 1°	37	7.6	1.6	10.7	2.9
Mar	16° / 5°	49	8.6	0.6	11.7	5.5
Apr	22° / 11°	47	7.6	0.1	12.9	7.3
May	29° / 16°	17	3.9	0	13.8	6.5
Jun	35° / 21°	4	0.9	0	14.3	3.0
Jul	38° / 24°	2	0.5	0	14.2	1.2
Aug	37° / 23°	2	0.3	0	13.3	2.0
Sep	33° / 18°	2	0.4	0	12.2	5.1
Oct	25° / 13°	15	2.8	0	11.1	8.3
Nov	16° / 6°	39	6.3	0.3	10.1	5.5
Dec	10° / 1°	36	7.1	1.4	9.6	2.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%.

	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 (%)	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70	71	71	70	70	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	70
Cloudier (%)	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	29	29	30	30	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	70	30

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Parand gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 7 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 22% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	26	27
Snow chance (%)	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8

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

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.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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 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	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	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	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	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 9 h 36 min at the start of January to 10 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 7:20 AM to 7:13 AM, and sunset from 4:59 PM to 5:26 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)	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13
Sunset (PM)	4:59	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:20	4:59
2	9.7	7:20	4:59
3	9.7	7:20	5:00
4	9.7	7:21	5:01
5	9.7	7:21	5:01
6	9.7	7:21	5:02
7	9.7	7:21	5:03
8	9.7	7:21	5:04
9	9.7	7:21	5:05
10	9.7	7:21	5:06
11	9.8	7:21	5:06
12	9.8	7:21	5:07
13	9.8	7:20	5:08
14	9.8	7:20	5:09
15	9.8	7:20	5:10
16	9.8	7:20	5:11
17	9.9	7:20	5:12
18	9.9	7:19	5:13
19	9.9	7:19	5:14
20	9.9	7:19	5:15
21	10.0	7:18	5:16
22	10.0	7:18	5:17
23	10.0	7:18	5:18
24	10.0	7:17	5:19
25	10.0	7:17	5:20
26	10.1	7:16	5:21
27	10.1	7:16	5:22
28	10.1	7:15	5:23
29	10.1	7:15	5:24
30	10.2	7:14	5:25
31	10.2	7:13	5:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.7 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.14 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)	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.0	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Parand?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Parand.

What to pack for Parand in January

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

In January, Parand sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Parand in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Parand peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	4	7	9	9	10	9	7	5	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Parand 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 Parand is worst in December — around 211 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (July, 53 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)	204	172	124	110	88	66	53	58	80	117	174	211
Level	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	204	Very unhealthy
Feb	172	Very unhealthy
Mar	124	Unhealthy
Apr	110	Unhealthy
May	88	Unhealthy
Jun	66	Unhealthy
Jul	53	Poor
Aug	58	Unhealthy
Sep	80	Unhealthy
Oct	117	Unhealthy
Nov	174	Very unhealthy
Dec	211	Very unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Parand?

Parand sits at 35.5°N, 51.0°E, 1,113 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Robāţ Karīm, 10 km away.

Topography around Parand

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Parand has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m around an average of 1,118 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 439 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,343 m.

The land around Parand is covered by bare terrain (61%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (66%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (50%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

328 m

bare terrain 61%

16 km

439 m

bare terrain 66%

80 km

3,343 m

bare terrain 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Robāţ Karīm 10 km · Nasirshahr 15 km · Shāhedshahr 15 km · Ovrīn 16 km · Ferdowsīyeh 16 km · Şabbāshahr 17 km · Khabarābād 17 km · Golestān 19 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 Parand (35.4719°, 50.9755°, elevation 1,113 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	9	0
2	9	-1
3	9	-1
4	9	-1
5	9	-1
6	9	-1
7	9	-1
8	8	-1
9	8	-1
10	8	-1
11	8	-1
12	8	-2
13	8	-2
14	8	-2
15	8	-2
16	8	-2
17	8	-2
18	8	-2
19	8	-2
20	8	-2
21	8	-2
22	8	-2
23	8	-2
24	8	-1
25	8	-1
26	8	-1
27	9	-1
28	9	-1
29	9	-1
30	9	-1
31	9	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	70	30

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	0
2	9	-1
3	9	-1
4	9	-1
5	9	-1
6	9	-1
7	9	-1
8	8	-1
9	8	-1
10	8	-1
11	8	-1
12	8	-2
13	8	-2
14	8	-2
15	8	-2
16	8	-2
17	8	-2
18	8	-2
19	8	-2
20	8	-2
21	8	-2
22	8	-2
23	8	-2
24	8	-1
25	8	-1
26	8	-1
27	9	-1
28	9	-1
29	9	-1
30	9	-1
31	9	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	70	30

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	9	0
2	9	-1
3	9	-1
4	9	-1
5	9	-1
6	9	-1
7	9	-1
8	8	-1
9	8	-1
10	8	-1
11	8	-1
12	8	-2
13	8	-2
14	8	-2
15	8	-2
16	8	-2
17	8	-2
18	8	-2
19	8	-2
20	8	-2
21	8	-2
22	8	-2
23	8	-2
24	8	-1
25	8	-1
26	8	-1
27	9	-1
28	9	-1
29	9	-1
30	9	-1
31	9	-1

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	69	31
6	69	31
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	70	30
13	70	30
14	71	29
15	71	29
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	71	29
19	71	29
20	70	30
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	70	30
27	70	30
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31
31	70	30

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100