Sarāvān weather in December

In December, Sarāvān sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 10 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of December to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Sarāvān's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sarāvān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
1.5 wet days
Daylight
10 h 18 min
6:08 AM – 4:25 PM
Cloud cover
21%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
4.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Sarāvān is city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical December day in Sarāvān reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1217
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5207
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How December really feels in Sarāvān

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Sarāvān weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 182.210.57.2
Feb20° / 142.1118.0
Mar25° / 12°18311.88.4
Apr30° / 17°51.312.66.3
May35° / 22°10.413.33.2
Jun38° / 24°50.613.71.1
Jul39° / 25°51.113.60.7
Aug38° / 23°40.7131.6
Sep35° / 20°0012.23.7
Oct30° / 15°20.311.37.2
Nov24° / 10°40.610.69.1
Dec19° / 101.510.38.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18911
28812
38812
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58812
68614
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Sarāvān gets around 10 mm of rain over 1.5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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314

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of December to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 4:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.45:594:22
210.45:594:22
310.46:004:22
410.46:014:23
510.46:014:23
610.36:024:23
710.36:034:23
810.36:034:23
910.36:044:23
1010.36:054:23
1110.36:054:24
1210.36:064:24
1310.36:074:24
1410.36:074:25
1510.36:084:25
1610.36:084:25
1710.36:094:26
1810.36:104:26
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2010.36:114:27
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2210.36:124:28
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2510.36:134:29
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2710.36:144:30
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2910.36:144:31
3010.36:154:32
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.18 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 7.78 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 4.18 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
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44.3Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Sarāvān

In seasonPeak

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

Sarāvān sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in July.

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

Is December a good time to visit Sarāvān?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
3.7
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

December is one of the better times to visit Sarāvān for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Sarāvān in December

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

In December, Sarāvān sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Sarāvān in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sarāvān peaks around July 18 at about 12 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighJul 18UV 12Dec 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb8Very high
Mar10Extreme
Apr10Very high
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Sarāvān in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sarāvān is worst in July — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.1× the cleanest month (November, 17 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1751 µg/m³Nov 2217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May36Poor
Jun38Poor
Jul53Poor
Aug41Poor
Sep32Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Sarāvān?

Sarāvān sits at 27.4°N, 62.3°E, 1,177 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Jālq, 45 km away.

KhāshPīshīnIranshahrQaşr-e QandNīkshahrZahedanChabahar

Topography around Sarāvān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sarāvān has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 1,176 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 807 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,017 m.

The land around Sarāvān is covered by bare terrain (55%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
807 m
80 km
2,017 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Jālq 45 km · Khāsh 145 km · Pīshīn 155 km · Iranshahr 164 km · Qaşr-e Qand 200 km · Nīkshahr 246 km · Zahedan 277 km · Chabahar 286 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 Sarāvān (27.3709°, 62.331°, elevation 1,177 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).