Sirjan weather in January

In January, Sirjan sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 36 mm of precipitation across 6 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sirjan's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sirjan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: -0°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 36 mm; 6 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 6:47 AM – 5:06 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Sirjan is city in Kerman Province, Iran.

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

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sirjan reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 2°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)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Avg low (°C)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	11	0
5	11	0
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	0
10	11	0
11	11	0
12	10	0
13	10	0
14	10	0
15	10	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	-1
18	10	-1
19	10	-1
20	10	-1
21	10	-1
22	10	-1
23	10	0
24	10	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	11	0
30	11	0
31	11	0

How January really feels in Sirjan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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

The story in January is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Sirjan 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	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	11° / -0°	36	6	2	10.3	3.1
Feb	13° / 2°	40	5.7	1.1	10.9	4.3
Mar	17° / 5°	36	6.4	0.1	11.8	6.2
Apr	22° / 10°	14	3.2	0	12.7	8.1
May	28° / 16°	3	1	0	13.5	7.6
Jun	33° / 20°	1	0.1	0	13.9	4.8
Jul	34° / 22°	1	0.3	0	13.7	3.7
Aug	33° / 20°	2	0.7	0	13.1	4.7
Sep	30° / 16°	0	0	0	12.2	7.0
Oct	24° / 11°	2	0.3	0	11.3	9.3
Nov	18° / 5°	11	2.2	0.1	10.5	7.1
Dec	13° / 1°	26	3.5	0.6	10.1	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%.

	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 (%)	76	76	75	74	74	73	72	72	72	71	71	71	72	72	73	74	75	75	76	77	78	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78
Cloudier (%)	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	23	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Sirjan gets around 36 mm of rain and snow over 6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 20% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Snow chance (%)	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5

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

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 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 4:55 PM to 5:18 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)	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43
Sunset (PM)	4:55	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	6:46	4:55
2	10.1	6:46	4:55
3	10.2	6:47	4:56
4	10.2	6:47	4:57
5	10.2	6:47	4:57
6	10.2	6:47	4:58
7	10.2	6:47	4:59
8	10.2	6:47	5:00
9	10.2	6:48	5:00
10	10.2	6:48	5:01
11	10.2	6:48	5:02
12	10.2	6:48	5:03
13	10.3	6:48	5:03
14	10.3	6:48	5:04
15	10.3	6:48	5:05
16	10.3	6:47	5:06
17	10.3	6:47	5:06
18	10.3	6:47	5:07
19	10.4	6:47	5:08
20	10.4	6:47	5:09
21	10.4	6:47	5:10
22	10.4	6:46	5:11
23	10.4	6:46	5:11
24	10.4	6:46	5:12
25	10.5	6:46	5:13
26	10.5	6:45	5:14
27	10.5	6:45	5:15
28	10.5	6:44	5:16
29	10.5	6:44	5:16
30	10.6	6:44	5:17
31	10.6	6:43	5:18

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.79 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.97 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)	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.8	Moderate
3	3.8	Moderate
4	3.8	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Sirjan?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sirjan.

What to pack for Sirjan in January

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

In January, Sirjan sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Sirjan in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sirjan peaks around June 18 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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	9	8	11	12	11	11	10	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

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

Air quality in Sirjan 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 Sirjan is worst in April — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 15 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	25	29	35	33	27	34	27	25	21	15	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	25	Moderate
Mar	29	Moderate
Apr	35	Moderate
May	33	Moderate
Jun	27	Moderate
Jul	34	Moderate
Aug	27	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Sirjan?

Sirjan sits at 29.5°N, 55.7°E, 1,744 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Najafshahr, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Sirjan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sirjan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 1,743 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,192 m.

The land around Sirjan is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) and bare terrain (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (77%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

48 m

artificial surfaces 69%

16 km

467 m

bare terrain 77%

80 km

2,192 m

bare terrain 88%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

January weather nearby: Najafshahr 8.0 km · Shahr-e Bābak 92 km · Bāft 93 km · Bardsīr 101 km · Rafsanjān 110 km · Ḩājjīābād 129 km · Neyrīz 134 km · Dārāb 135 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 Sirjan (29.4514°, 55.6809°, elevation 1,744 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	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	11	0
5	11	0
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	0
10	11	0
11	11	0
12	10	0
13	10	0
14	10	0
15	10	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	-1
18	10	-1
19	10	-1
20	10	-1
21	10	-1
22	10	-1
23	10	0
24	10	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	11	0
30	11	0
31	11	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	11	0
5	11	0
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	0
10	11	0
11	11	0
12	10	0
13	10	0
14	10	0
15	10	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	-1
18	10	-1
19	10	-1
20	10	-1
21	10	-1
22	10	-1
23	10	0
24	10	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	11	0
30	11	0
31	11	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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	12	0
2	12	0
3	12	0
4	11	0
5	11	0
6	11	0
7	11	0
8	11	0
9	11	0
10	11	0
11	11	0
12	10	0
13	10	0
14	10	0
15	10	-1
16	10	-1
17	10	-1
18	10	-1
19	10	-1
20	10	-1
21	10	-1
22	10	-1
23	10	0
24	10	0
25	11	0
26	11	0
27	11	0
28	11	0
29	11	0
30	11	0
31	11	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	71	29
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	73	27
16	74	26
17	75	25
18	75	25
19	76	24
20	77	23
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	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