Zarqān weather in January

In January, Zarqān sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 Zarqān's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zarqān's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 0°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 63 mm; 6.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 7:00 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 3.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Zarqān is city in Fars 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 12°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zarqān reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 7°C and 16°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)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

How January really feels in Zarqān

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 19 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.

Zarqān weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 0°	63	6.1	1.7	10.3	3.6
Feb	14° / 2°	48	5.5	0.2	10.9	4.8
Mar	18° / 5°	45	5.7	0	11.8	6.7
Apr	23° / 9°	20	3.8	0	12.7	8.1
May	29° / 14°	3	0.7	0	13.5	6.9
Jun	35° / 19°	0	0	0	13.9	3.5
Jul	37° / 21°	0	0	0	13.7	2.1
Aug	36° / 20°	0	0.1	0	13.1	2.9
Sep	32° / 16°	0	0	0	12.2	5.4
Oct	26° / 11°	2	0.4	0	11.3	8.8
Nov	19° / 6°	21	2.7	0	10.5	7.5
Dec	14° / 2°	45	4.1	0.3	10.1	5.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 28%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	75	73	72	72	71	71	70	70	70	70	69	69	68	69	68	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	76	76	77	77
Cloudier (%)	25	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	31	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	73	27
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	77	23
31	77	23

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitationSnow

Zarqān gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 19% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Snow chance (%)	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3

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

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 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

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 6:59 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 5:29 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	10.2	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	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56
Sunset (PM)	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29

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

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 3.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 3.76 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)	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.6	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	3.7	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Zarqān?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zarqān.

What to pack for Zarqān in January

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

In January, Zarqān sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Zarqān 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 Zarqān peaks around July 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 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	8	8	10	11	12	11	10	8	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

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

Air quality in Zarqān 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 Zarqān is worst in April — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 19 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)	26	28	33	36	33	23	26	19	21	23	22	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	26	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	36	Poor
May	33	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Zarqān?

Zarqān sits at 29.8°N, 52.7°E, 1,582 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Marvdasht, 14 km away.

Topography around Zarqān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zarqān has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 476 m around an average of 1,631 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,078 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,470 m.

The land around Zarqān is covered by cropland (43%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), cropland (32%) and bare terrain (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), cropland (25%) and bare terrain (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

476 m

cropland 43%

16 km

1,078 m

grassland 42%

80 km

2,470 m

grassland 43%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

January weather nearby: Marvdasht 14 km · Shahr-e Ṣadrā 21 km · Shiraz 26 km · Sa‘ādat Shahr 53 km · Arsanjān 59 km · Kavār 63 km · Pasargad 65 km · Sarvestān 74 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 Zarqān (29.7724°, 52.7189°, elevation 1,582 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	13	1
2	13	1
3	13	1
4	12	1
5	12	1
6	12	1
7	12	0
8	12	0
9	12	0
10	12	0
11	12	0
12	11	0
13	11	0
14	11	0
15	11	0
16	11	0
17	11	0
18	11	0
19	11	0
20	11	0
21	11	0
22	11	0
23	11	0
24	11	0
25	12	0
26	12	0
27	12	0
28	12	0
29	12	0
30	12	0
31	12	0

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	73	27
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	77	23
31	77	23

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	73	27
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	77	23
31	77	23

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	73	27
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	70	30
8	70	30
9	70	30
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	69	31
13	68	32
14	69	31
15	68	32
16	69	31
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	72	28
21	72	28
22	73	27
23	73	27
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	75	25
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	77	23
31	77	23

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

	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