Sarāvān weather in January

In January, Sarāvān sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 18 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sarāvān's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sarāvān's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 18 mm; 2.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:17 AM – 4:43 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 9th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.37 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Sarāvān is city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.

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 17°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sarāvān reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 22°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How January really feels in Sarāvān

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January 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

January 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 January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 5°	18	2.2	10.5	7.2
Feb	20° / 7°	14	2.1	11	8.0
Mar	25° / 12°	18	3	11.8	8.4
Apr	30° / 17°	5	1.3	12.6	6.3
May	35° / 22°	1	0.4	13.3	3.2
Jun	38° / 24°	5	0.6	13.7	1.1
Jul	39° / 25°	5	1.1	13.6	0.7
Aug	38° / 23°	4	0.7	13	1.6
Sep	35° / 20°	0	0	12.2	3.7
Oct	30° / 15°	2	0.3	11.3	7.2
Nov	24° / 10°	4	0.6	10.6	9.1
Dec	19° / 6°	10	1.5	10.3	8.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

	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 (%)	85	85	84	83	83	82	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	83	83
Cloudier (%)	15	15	16	17	17	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	81	19
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	83	17
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sarāvān gets around 18 mm of rain over 2.2 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7

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

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 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of January to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 4:33 PM to 4:55 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13
Sunset (PM)	4:33	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:37	4:38	4:39	4:40	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:50	4:50	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:53	4:54	4:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:15	4:33
2	10.3	6:15	4:33
3	10.3	6:15	4:34
4	10.3	6:16	4:35
5	10.3	6:16	4:35
6	10.3	6:16	4:36
7	10.3	6:16	4:37
8	10.4	6:16	4:37
9	10.4	6:16	4:38
10	10.4	6:16	4:39
11	10.4	6:17	4:40
12	10.4	6:17	4:40
13	10.4	6:17	4:41
14	10.4	6:17	4:42
15	10.4	6:17	4:43
16	10.4	6:17	4:43
17	10.5	6:16	4:44
18	10.5	6:16	4:45
19	10.5	6:16	4:46
20	10.5	6:16	4:46
21	10.5	6:16	4:47
22	10.5	6:16	4:48
23	10.6	6:16	4:49
24	10.6	6:15	4:50
25	10.6	6:15	4:50
26	10.6	6:15	4:51
27	10.6	6:14	4:52
28	10.6	6:14	4:53
29	10.7	6:14	4:53
30	10.7	6:13	4:54
31	10.7	6:13	4:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.37 kWh/m².

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 — January's 4.37 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.2	Bright
9	4.2	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sarāvān

In seasonPeak

None of Sarāvān's seasonal hazards are active in January. 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 January a good time to visit Sarāvān?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Sarāvān in January

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

In January, Sarāvān sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Sarāvān in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	8	10	10	12	11	12	12	10	8	6	5
Level	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	High
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Sarāvān 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 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	19	24	24	30	36	38	53	41	32	26	17	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	36	Poor
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	53	Poor
Aug	41	Poor
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

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.

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

bare terrain 55%

16 km

807 m

bare terrain 96%

80 km

2,017 m

bare terrain 99%

treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January 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

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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	81	19
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	81	19
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	81	19
8	80	20
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	79	21
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	84	16
29	84	16
30	83	17
31	83	17

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

	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