Pasargad weather in April

In April, Pasargad sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 21 mm of rain across 4.1 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Pasargad's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pasargad's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 21 mm; 4.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:36 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical April day in Pasargad reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C warmer than March and about 7°C cooler than May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10

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

How April really feels in Pasargad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April 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

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Pasargad weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 5th-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° / -4°	45	5.9	3.4	10.3	1.3
Feb	10° / -1°	37	5.5	1.8	10.9	2.7
Mar	14° / 2°	45	6	0.4	11.8	4.9
Apr	20° / 7°	21	4.1	0	12.7	7.3
May	26° / 12°	6	1.6	0	13.5	8.2
Jun	32° / 17°	1	0.2	0	13.9	5.7
Jul	34° / 19°	1	0.1	0	13.7	4.4
Aug	32° / 17°	0	0	0	13.1	5.2
Sep	29° / 13°	0	0	0	12.2	7.7
Oct	23° / 8°	3	0.7	0	11.3	9.0
Nov	15° / 2°	18	3	0.2	10.5	5.8
Dec	10° / -1°	33	3.6	1.3	10.1	3.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%.

	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
Clearer (%)	70	70	70	70	70	70	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	72	72
Cloudier (%)	30	30	30	30	30	30	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Pasargad gets around 21 mm of rain over 4.1 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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
Rain chance (%)	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April 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
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

	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

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 5:21 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:28 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
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:54	6:10
2	12.3	5:52	6:11
3	12.3	5:51	6:11
4	12.4	5:50	6:12
5	12.4	5:49	6:13
6	12.4	5:48	6:13
7	12.5	5:46	6:14
8	12.5	5:45	6:14
9	12.5	5:44	6:15
10	12.6	5:43	6:16
11	12.6	5:41	6:16
12	12.6	5:40	6:17
13	12.6	5:39	6:18
14	12.7	5:38	6:18
15	12.7	5:37	6:19
16	12.7	5:36	6:19
17	12.8	5:34	6:20
18	12.8	5:33	6:21
19	12.8	5:32	6:21
20	12.8	5:31	6:22
21	12.9	5:30	6:23
22	12.9	5:29	6:23
23	12.9	5:28	6:24
24	13.0	5:27	6:25
25	13.0	5:26	6:25
26	13.0	5:25	6:26
27	13.0	5:24	6:26
28	13.1	5:23	6:27
29	13.1	5:22	6:28
30	13.1	5:21	6:28

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.66 kWh/m² to a high of 8.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.7	Intense
6	6.7	Intense
7	6.7	Intense
8	6.7	Intense
9	6.8	Intense
10	6.8	Intense
11	6.8	Intense
12	6.9	Intense
13	6.9	Intense
14	6.9	Intense
15	7.0	Intense
16	7.0	Intense
17	7.0	Intense
18	7.1	Intense
19	7.1	Intense
20	7.1	Intense
21	7.2	Intense
22	7.2	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.2	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.3	Intense
29	7.3	Intense
30	7.3	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Pasargad?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Pasargad for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Pasargad in April

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

In April, Pasargad sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Pasargad in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pasargad peaks around July 18 at about 13 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	7	8	9	11	12	13	12	10	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	7	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Pasargad in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Pasargad is worst in April — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (August, 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)	24	28	31	35	31	21	25	18	20	21	19	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	35	Poor
May	31	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Pasargad?

Pasargad sits at 30.2°N, 53.2°E, 1,851 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Sa‘ādat Shahr, 14 km away.

Topography around Pasargad

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pasargad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 1,854 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 751 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,443 m.

The land around Pasargad is covered by cropland (54%) and bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (45%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (51%), grassland (21%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

126 m

cropland 54%

16 km

751 m

bare terrain 45%

80 km

2,443 m

bare terrain 51%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← March Pasargad year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Sa‘ādat Shahr 14 km · Arsanjān 34 km · Şafāshahr 46 km · Marvdasht 51 km · Surian 53 km · Zarqān 65 km · Shahr-e Ṣadrā 79 km · Eqlīd 90 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 Pasargad (30.2019°, 53.18°, elevation 1,851 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	17	5
2	17	5
3	17	5
4	17	5
5	17	5
6	18	5
7	18	6
8	18	6
9	18	6
10	18	6
11	19	6
12	19	6
13	19	7
14	19	7
15	19	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	22	9
26	22	9
27	22	9
28	22	9
29	22	9
30	23	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

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

	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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	69	31
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	71	29
17	71	29
18	71	29
19	72	28
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

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

	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