Climate and average weather in Sari

In Sari, the summers are muggy, hot, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are cool, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: early April to late June

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Sari typically varies from 2°C to 31°C, and is rarely below -3°C or above 36°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Sari for warm-weather activities are from early April to late June and mid September to mid November.

Hottest
Aug
31°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Sep
114 mm
Driest
Jun
45 mm
Rain / yr
873 mm
117 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
43 m
36.6°N
Clearest
Aug
45% cloud

Sari is city in Mazandaran Province, Iran.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 36.9 µg/m³ · 2012

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

Sari 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 early April to late June.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Sari, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.9 months, from May 30 to September 24, with daily high temperatures above 27°C. The hottest month of the year in Sari is August, with an average high of 31°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 3.7 months, from November 26 to March 19, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Sari is January, with an average low of 2°C and high of 12°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan122
Feb133
Mar166
Apr2011
May2516
Jun2920
Jul3122
Aug3122
Sep2820
Oct2414
Nov188
Dec144

How hot and cold Sari really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

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, Sari feels like about 35°C (around July 30). About 62 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in July.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -0°C (around January 28), with roughly 3 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in January.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan121202
Feb131313
Mar161656
Apr20201011
May25251616
Jun30292020
Jul33312222
Aug34312222
Sep30281920
Oct24241414
Nov181878
Dec141424

Average hourly temperature in Sari

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 August afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Sari weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 698.819.83.5
Feb13° / 729.71.910.63.6
Mar16° / 8111.20.411.74.9
Apr20° / 11°609.5012.96.3
May25° / 16°498.7013.96.9
Jun29° / 20°458.1014.46.1
Jul31° / 22°5710.7014.24.7
Aug31° / 22°6110.7013.44.3
Sep28° / 20°11412.1012.25.7
Oct24° / 14°1029.6011.17.1
Nov18° / 969.80.210.15.8
Dec14° / 688.30.29.54.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Sari gets about 873 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.4 months, from around Jun 29 to Oct 9, peaking in September at about 42% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 28.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 114 mm over about 12 wet days; June is the driest, with 45 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetSep 9 · 42%Dec 28 · 23%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan289
Feb3410
Mar3611
Apr3210
May299
Jun278
Jul3411
Aug3511
Sep3912
Oct3210
Nov3210
Dec278

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Sari collects about 873 mm of rain across 117 wet days — roughly 73 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 114 mm, while June is the driest at just 45 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec69728160494557611141029668
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan6991
Feb72102
Mar81110
Apr60100
May4990
Jun4580
Jul57110
Aug61110
Sep114120
Oct102100
Nov96100
Dec6880

Snow in Sari

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Sari averages about 4 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Jan 5 to Mar 17 — about 2.4 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 1.8 days of snow and an estimated 8 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 18 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonFeb 5
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan15
Feb28
Mar02
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec01

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Sari, 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 July 10 and lasts for 3.6 months, ending around October 28. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 61% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around January 19 and lasts for 4.1 months, ending around May 23. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 56% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 29 · 64%Apr 28 · 42%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5446
Feb4951
Mar4555
Apr4456
May4951
Jun5644
Jul5842
Aug6139
Sep5644
Oct5941
Nov5347
Dec5347

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 12, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.87:145:00
Feb10.66:545:31
Mar11.76:165:59
Apr12.95:306:26
May13.94:566:52
Jun14.44:447:12
Jul14.24:557:11
Aug13.45:206:44
Sep12.25:455:59
Oct11.16:115:14
Nov10.16:424:44
Dec9.57:084:39

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Sari averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 15 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.4 months, from around Jul 16 to Nov 27. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 14 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is May, down near 9 sunny days — about 34% fewer than the August peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightAug 315 daysMay 18 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan13Mixed
Feb11Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr9Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun12Mixed
Jul12Mixed
Aug15Mixed
Sep13Mixed
Oct14Mixed
Nov12Mixed
Dec13Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 Sari, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.1 months, from around May 11 to October 13. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 14 to May 10, and March is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMar 21 · 100%Jul 11 · 0%oppressivehumidmuggydrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan10000000
Feb10000000
Mar9910000
Apr75215000
May1433391410
Jun152950150
Jul00742465
Aug01737487
Sep292438261
Oct3033261010
Nov84142000
Dec10000000

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 Sari is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMar 16 · 7 km/hOct 12 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Best time to visit Sari

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Sari throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid June, Sari 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 times of year to visit Sari for general outdoor tourist activities run from early April to late June and again from mid September to mid November, with a peak score in the third week of October.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationOct 15 · 7.3

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.5fair
Feb3.7fair
Mar4.9fair
Apr6.3good
May6.9good
Jun6.1good
Jul4.7fair
Aug4.4fair
Sep5.7good
Oct7.0good
Nov5.8good
Dec4.3fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Sari for hot-weather activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of June.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 15 · 7.4

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 Sari, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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 August (highs near 31°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 12°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Sari sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Sari

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 35 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 18 to Nov 11 — about 5.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan13Bracing
Feb11Bracing
Mar12Bracing
Apr15Bracing
May20Cool
Jun25Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Tropical
Sep27Warm
Oct24Refreshing
Nov19Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index (midday) in Sari by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Sari peaks around July 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 18UV 9Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep7High
Oct4Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Sari

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 5.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb3.50
Mar4.50
Apr6.52.5
May7.54
Jun84.5
Jul8.55.5
Aug7.54.5
Sep62.5
Oct4.50
Nov1.50
Dec00

Air quality in Sari by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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 Sari is worst in March — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Sari's WHO annual average of 36.9 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorMar 1642 µg/m³Jul 1725 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar42Poor
Apr41Poor
May36Poor
Jun31Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep41Poor
Oct41Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec38Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayReliably frost-free (≥90%)

Sari is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter. Nights are reliably above freezing from about March 4 to December 9 (281 days); outside that window a hard frost is an occasional risk.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecreliably frost-freeMar 490%Dec 990%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan7231
Feb7828
Mar968
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov980
Dec8626

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. Sari banks about 2,746 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar31
Apr159
May311
Jun428
Jul513
Aug524
Sep416
Oct273
Nov90
Dec0

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.

Sari receives about 4.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.3 and 6.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.1 months, from around Mar 15 to Sep 16. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 2.3 kWh/m² — roughly 60% less than the June peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 56.0 kWhDec 112.3 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.6Moderate
Feb3.4Moderate
Mar4.4Bright
Apr5.2Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun5.9Bright
Jul5.8Bright
Aug5.6Bright
Sep4.4Bright
Oct3.6Moderate
Nov2.6Moderate
Dec2.3Moderate

Where is Sari?

Sari sits at 36.6°N, 53.1°E, 43 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Jūybār, 16 km away.

Topography around Sari

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sari has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 614 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,003 m.

The land around Sari is covered by artificial surfaces (80%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and water (33%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
614 m
80 km
4,003 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Jūybār 16 km · Qā’em Shahr 21 km · Nekā 23 km · Bābol 34 km · Amīr Kolā 35 km · Bābolsar 40 km · Zīr Āb 43 km · Behshahr 46 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 Sari (36.5633°, 53.0601°, elevation 43 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).