Climate and average weather in Semīrom

In Semīrom, the summers are hot, dry, and clear and the winters are very cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late August to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Semīrom typically varies from -9°C to 30°C, and is rarely below -18°C or above 33°C. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Semīrom for warm-weather activities are from mid May to late June and late August to late October.

Hottest
Jul
30°
Coldest
Jan
-9°
Wettest
Jan
63 mm
Driest
Aug
0 mm
Rain / yr
287 mm
39 wet days
Daylight
10.0–14.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
2,425 m
31.4°N
Clearest
Sep
12% cloud

Semīrom 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 late August to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

The hot season lasts 4.3 months, from May 24 to September 30, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Semīrom is July, with an average high of 30°C and low of 15°C.

The cool season lasts 2.8 months, from December 9 to March 3, with daily high temperatures below 6°C. The coldest month of the year in Semīrom is January, with an average low of -9°C and high of 1°C.

Days typically run about 13°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 16°C) in August.

-20°-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan1-9
Feb3-8
Mar9-2
Apr153
May218
Jun2712
Jul3015
Aug2913
Sep2610
Oct205
Nov12-1
Dec5-6

How hot and cold Semīrom 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 coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -14°C (around January 19), with roughly 165 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C) 69 of them bitterly cold — worst in January.

-10°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan11-13-9
Feb33-11-8
Mar99-6-2
Apr151503
May212178
Jun27271212
Jul30301515
Aug29291313
Sep2626910
Oct202035
Nov1212-4-1
Dec55-10-6

Average hourly temperature in Semīrom

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 July afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near -9°C.

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

Semīrom 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
Jan / -9°636.86.910.20.0
Feb / -8°526.25.710.90.0
Mar / -3°526.83.511.81.9
Apr15° / 285.50.312.75.3
May21° / 82.3013.68.2
Jun27° / 12°10.20148.4
Jul30° / 15°10.2013.86.5
Aug29° / 13°00013.17.2
Sep26° / 10°00.1012.29.2
Oct20° / 31.1011.28.2
Nov12° / -1°324.11.310.43.7
Dec / -6°485.54.7100.3

Chance of rain

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

Semīrom gets about 287 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.0 months, from around Nov 8 to May 8, peaking in March at about 24% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 6.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 63 mm over about 7 wet days; August is the driest, with 0 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainMar 23 · 24%Aug 6 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan217
Feb226
Mar227
Apr196
May72
Jun10
Jul10
Aug00
Sep00
Oct41
Nov144
Dec186

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Semīrom collects about 287 mm of rain across 39 wet days — roughly 24 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 63 mm, while August is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 58% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec635252288110033248
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan6377
Feb5266
Mar5274
Apr2860
May820
Jun100
Jul100
Aug000
Sep000
Oct310
Nov3241
Dec4865

Snow in Semīrom

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.

Semīrom averages about 22 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 10 to Apr 11 — about 5 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 7 days of snow and an estimated 62 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 176 cm of snow.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonJan 13
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan762
Feb643
Mar424
Apr00
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov19
Dec537

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Semīrom, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 14 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around November 2. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 98% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 3 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around May 13. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 41% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 19 · 98%Jan 18 · 56%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5941
Feb6733
Mar7030
Apr6832
May8119
Jun964
Jul937
Aug964
Sep982
Oct919
Nov7228
Dec6535

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 6, brings about 14 hours of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 hours — a swing of roughly 4 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.27:085:18
Feb10.96:535:44
Mar11.86:216:06
Apr12.75:416:27
May13.65:126:48
Jun14.05:037:05
Jul13.85:147:05
Aug13.15:336:42
Sep12.25:526:04
Oct11.26:125:25
Nov10.46:385:00
Dec10.07:014:59

Sunny days

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

Semīrom averages about 20 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 12 and 28 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.7 months, from around May 15 to Nov 5. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 27 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is January, down near 12 sunny days — about 55% fewer than the September peak.

05101520253035JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 2428 daysJan 2212 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan12Mixed
Feb12Mixed
Mar17Bright
Apr16Bright
May20Bright
Jun25Brilliant
Jul23Bright
Aug24Brilliant
Sep27Brilliant
Oct25Brilliant
Nov18Bright
Dec16Bright

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 Semīrom, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in January, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdry
Dry (%)
Jan100
Feb100
Mar100
Apr100
May100
Jun100
Jul100
Aug100
Sep100
Oct100
Nov100
Dec100

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 Semīrom is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 20 · 10 km/hJan 17 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar9calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov8calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Semīrom

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid October, Semīrom 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 Semīrom for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid May to late June and again from late August to late October, with a peak score in the last week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 24 · 9.5

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
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.0poor
Mar1.9poor
Apr5.3fair
May8.2ideal
Jun8.4ideal
Jul6.6good
Aug7.2good
Sep9.1ideal
Oct8.2ideal
Nov3.8fair
Dec0.4poor

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 Semīrom for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 23 · 9.3

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 Semīrom, 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 July (highs near 30°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 1°C), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Semīrom sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Semīrom 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 Semīrom peaks around July 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 19UV 13Jan 10UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb7High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec4Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Semīrom

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 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 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)
Jan3.50
Feb5.52
Mar74
Apr7.54.5
May8.56.5
Jun96.5
Jul97
Aug8.56
Sep7.55
Oct6.53.5
Nov4.50
Dec40

Air quality in Semīrom 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 Semīrom is worst in April — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1834 µg/m³Aug 1819 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr35Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Semīrom typically lasts about 226 days, from around March 31 to November 11 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 19 to October 24.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 110%Mar 3150%Apr 1990%Oct 2490%Nov 1150%Dec 1010%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan531
Feb728
Mar2731
Apr8219
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct947
Nov4130
Dec1031

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. Semīrom banks about 1,478 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

05001,0001,500JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr8
May143
Jun296
Jul385
Aug346
Sep230
Oct69
Nov0
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.

Semīrom receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.5 and 8.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.6 months, from around Mar 15 to Sep 30. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.6 kWh/m² — roughly 55% less than the June peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 88.1 kWhDec 163.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.9Moderate
Feb5.0Bright
Mar6.0Intense
Apr6.9Intense
May7.7Intense
Jun8.1Intense
Jul7.5Intense
Aug7.3Intense
Sep6.5Intense
Oct5.3Bright
Nov4.0Moderate
Dec3.5Moderate

Where is Semīrom?

Semīrom sits at 31.4°N, 51.6°E, 2,425 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Dehāqān, 59 km away.

MobārakehVarnāmkhvāst

Topography around Semīrom

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Semīrom has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 735 m around an average of 2,512 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,409 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,302 m.

The land around Semīrom is covered by grassland (33%), cropland (29%) and bare terrain (20%) within 3 km, grassland (48%), cropland (29%) and bare terrain (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (47%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
735 m
16 km
1,409 m
80 km
3,302 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Dehāqān 59 km · Borūjen 66 km · Lordegān 71 km · Shahreẕā 72 km · Mādavān 78 km · Yasuj 83 km · Mobārakeh 104 km · Varnāmkhvāst 106 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 Semīrom (31.4167°, 51.5667°, elevation 2,425 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).