Zābol weather in December

In December, Zābol sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.6 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of December to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Zābol's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zābol's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 7 mm; 1.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 6:20 AM – 4:20 PM
Cloud cover: 25%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 3.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Zābol is city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.

Air quality: Severe; PM2.5 69.4 µg/m³ · 2020

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical December day in Zābol reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°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, December runs about 6°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

	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)	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

How December really feels in Zābol

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 7 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 December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Zābol 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	16° / 3°	15	3.3	10.2	6.1
Feb	20° / 6°	11	2.7	10.9	7.8
Mar	26° / 12°	15	3.3	11.8	8.1
Apr	33° / 18°	4	0.8	12.7	4.7
May	38° / 24°	1	0.1	13.6	1.3
Jun	42° / 28°	1	0	14	0.0
Jul	43° / 30°	0	0	13.8	0.0
Aug	41° / 28°	0	0	13.1	0.0
Sep	37° / 23°	0	0	12.2	2.0
Oct	31° / 16°	0	0	11.2	6.4
Nov	23° / 9°	3	0.7	10.4	8.9
Dec	17° / 4°	7	1.6	10	7.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% 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 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	84	84	84	83	83	83	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	81	81	80
Cloudier (%)	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Zābol gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.6 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.

	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 (%)	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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

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.

	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 December

Winds average 11 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 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)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	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	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 4:18 PM to 4:28 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	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27
Sunset (PM)	4:18	4:18	4:18	4:18	4:18	4:18	4:18	4:18	4:18	4:18	4:19	4:19	4:19	4:19	4:20	4:20	4:20	4:21	4:21	4:22	4:22	4:23	4:23	4:23	4:24	4:25	4:25	4:26	4:26	4:27	4:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	6:10	4:18
2	10.1	6:11	4:18
3	10.1	6:11	4:18
4	10.1	6:12	4:18
5	10.1	6:13	4:18
6	10.1	6:14	4:18
7	10.1	6:14	4:18
8	10.1	6:15	4:18
9	10.0	6:16	4:18
10	10.0	6:16	4:18
11	10.0	6:17	4:19
12	10.0	6:18	4:19
13	10.0	6:18	4:19
14	10.0	6:19	4:19
15	10.0	6:20	4:20
16	10.0	6:20	4:20
17	10.0	6:21	4:20
18	10.0	6:21	4:21
19	10.0	6:22	4:21
20	10.0	6:22	4:22
21	10.0	6:23	4:22
22	10.0	6:23	4:23
23	10.0	6:24	4:23
24	10.0	6:24	4:23
25	10.0	6:25	4:24
26	10.0	6:25	4:25
27	10.0	6:26	4:25
28	10.0	6:26	4:26
29	10.0	6:26	4:26
30	10.0	6:27	4:27
31	10.0	6:27	4:28

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 3.58 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.58 kWh/m² to a high of 8.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 3.58 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	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.5	Moderate
19	3.5	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.5	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.6	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Zābol

In seasonPeak

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

Zābol sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Zābol?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zābol in December

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

In December, Zābol sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Zābol in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zābol peaks around June 18 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (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	6	8	8	9	11	9	11	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Zābol 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 Zābol is worst in August — around 135 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 36 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Zābol's WHO annual average of 69.4 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	37	41	43	56	65	90	129	135	100	63	38	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	37	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	56	Unhealthy
May	65	Unhealthy
Jun	90	Unhealthy
Jul	129	Unhealthy
Aug	135	Unhealthy
Sep	100	Unhealthy
Oct	63	Unhealthy
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Zābol?

Zābol sits at 31.0°N, 61.5°E, 483 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Zaranj, 36 km away.

Topography around Zābol

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zābol has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9 m around an average of 480 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m.

The land around Zābol is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and bare terrain (36%) within 3 km, bare terrain (51%) and cropland (44%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

9 m

artificial surfaces 55%

16 km

16 m

bare terrain 51%

80 km

711 m

bare terrain 89%

shrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland

← November Zābol year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Zaranj 36 km · Khāsh 135 km · Nehbandān 150 km · Farah 161 km · Zahedan 181 km · Khān Neshīn 226 km · Kushk 256 km · Shīnḏanḏ 260 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 Zābol (31.0306°, 61.4949°, elevation 483 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	19	6
2	19	5
3	19	5
4	19	5
5	19	5
6	18	5
7	18	5
8	18	5
9	18	4
10	18	4
11	18	4
12	18	4
13	17	4
14	17	4
15	17	4
16	17	4
17	17	4
18	17	3
19	17	3
20	17	3
21	17	3
22	17	3
23	16	3
24	16	3
25	16	3
26	16	3
27	16	3
28	16	3
29	16	3
30	16	3
31	16	3

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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