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Iran
About 81.8M people live in Iran, on 1,648,000 km² in 31 regions; the capital is Tehran. The highest summit is Damavand (5,628 m).
Best timeApr–May · Oct
Best weather in OctoberKerman 99
October: highs19° – 29°
Rain this month, on average11mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Apr–May · Oct.
Iran at a glance
The atlas follows 71,888 places here month by month, with 211 mountains and 2,413 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are April, May and October.
Tehran now23°CCloudy · 17:01Sunrise · sunset06:17 · 17:22TehranNext holiday13 NovemberMartyrdom of FatimaEarthquakes3in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Travel adviceUS 4UK 4Do not travel
71,888places in 31 regions211summits, highest Damavand2,413monuments98museums352lakes4beaches22ski areas4festivals1,360huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Iran's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+460%16.5M in 1950 → 92.4M in 2025 → 101.9M in 2050Iran · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$19,7002025 · 96/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy77.92024 · 74/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities77 %2025 · 69/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet85 %2024 · 78/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman1.682024 · 127/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover7 %2024 · 172/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Iran
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
Places and regions of Iran
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
99OctoberKerman
Apr · Oct–Nov
24° / 10°2 mm
98OctoberKhorramabad
Apr–May · Oct
25° / 11°26 mm
89OctoberDamghan
Apr–May · Oct
22° / 11°9 mm
90OctoberMeybod
Mar · Oct–Nov
27° / 14°2 mm
78OctoberTehran
Apr–May · Oct
23° / 13°21 mm
82OctoberBam
Feb–Mar · Nov
29° / 17°2 mm
77OctoberIzeh
Mar–Apr · Nov
29° / 16°14 mm
96OctoberMashhad
May · Sep–Oct
22° / 8°7 mm
31 regions
Kerman5,821 places · 11 summits · Kerman
Khuzestan5,196 places · Izeh
Sistan and Baluchestan4,967 places · 1 summits · Zahedan
Gilan Province4,484 places · 6 summits · Rasht
Fars4,271 places · 21 summits · Shiraz
Razavi Khorasan4,143 places · 10 summits · Mashhad
Māzandarān3,771 places · 33 summits · Ramsar
Lorestan Province3,540 places · 1 summits · Khorramabad
East Azerbaijan3,180 places · 4 summits · Tabriz
West Azerbaijan3,167 places · 10 summits · Urmia
Kermanshah Province2,883 places · 20 summits · Kermanshah
Hormozgan2,572 places · 4 summits · Bandar Abbas
South Khorasan Province2,441 places · 11 summits · Birjand
Isfahan2,289 places · 7 summits · Isfahan
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad2,121 places · 3 summits · Dogonbadan
Ardabil Province1,950 places · 1 summits · Ardabil
Kurdistan Province1,937 places · 1 summits · Sanandaj
Markazi1,396 places · 13 summits · Saveh
Golestan1,280 places · 1 summits · Gorgan
Hamadan Province1,230 places · 2 summits · Hamadan
Tehran1,107 places · 16 summits · Tehran
North Khorasan1,098 places · 1 summits · Bojnord
Zanjan1,095 places · Soltaniyeh
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari1,003 places · 3 summits · Shahr-e Kord
Yazd Province995 places · 6 summits · Meybod
Qazvin Province909 places · 2 summits · Qazvin
Ilam Province862 places · 3 summits · Darreh Shahr
Bushehr850 places · 7 summits · Bushehr
Semnan657 places · 3 summits · Damghan
Alborz Province439 places · 3 summits · Karaj
Qom Province234 places · 4 summits · Qom
Iran from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Iran
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Nature in Iran
Summit5,628 m
Damavand
Summit4,811 m
Sabalan
Summit4,659 m
Mount Takht-e Suleyman
Lake
Aras Reservoir
Lake
Shorabil Lake
Lake
Zarivar LakeWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Iran
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Camp sites599Viewpoints272Theme parks264Mountain huts71Hot springs & thermal baths48Zoos40Aquariums38Climbing21Golf courses5Water parks2
پیست اسکی دربندسر9 km of pistes · 6 lifts
پیست اسکی دیزین8 km of pistes · 16 lifts
پیست اسکی شمشک3 km of pistes · 5 lifts
پیست اسکی شیرباد3 km of pistes · 1 lifts
پیست بین المللی اسکی توچال2 km of pistes · 5 lifts
پیست اسکی پولادکف2 km of pistes · 2 lifts
پیست اسکی فریدون شهر2 km of pistes · 2 lifts
پیست اسکی خور2 km of pistes · 1 lifts
Culture in Iran
2,413 monuments and 98 museums; the best known first.
Naqsh-e Jahan SquareBuilt 1591 · Safavid
Jameh Mosque of IsfahanBuilt 841 · Ilkhanid
Shah Mosque, IsfahanBuilt 1611 · Safavid
Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine EnsembleBuilt 1334 · Safavid
Gonbad-e QabusBuilt 1006 · Ziyarid
Sheikh Lotfollah MosqueBuilt 1603 · Safavid
Museum
National Museum of IranBuilt 1937
Museum
Museum of Ancient IranBuilt 1934The festival year
What's on in Iran
The ground and the sky in Iran
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days5magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 1950982magnitude 5+, of them 77 of 6+StrongestM7.7Naseri 75 km → · 2013Deadliest200,000deaths · 856The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · TehranNext eclipse21 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipseOrionids~19 an hour21 October · TehranNorthern lightsKp 9+only in the strongest storms here
Getting to Iran
15 large airports, 459 railway stations, 31 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International AirportKER · Kerman
13 kmMehrabad International AirportTHR · Tehran
9.7 kmQasem Soleimani International AirportAWZ · Izeh
118 kmMashhad International AirportMHD · Mashhad
7.8 kmIsfahan Shahid Beheshti International AirportIFN · Isfahan
23 kmShiraz Shahid Dastghaib International AirportSYZ · Shiraz
9.7 kmایستگاه راه آهن کرمانKerman
6.7 kmدامغانDamghan
3.1 kmایستگاه راه آهن میبدMeybod
8.5 kmایستگاه راه آهن تهرانTehran
4.6 kmبمBam
8.1 kmایستگاه راه آهن شهید رئیسی مشهدMashhad
1.8 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsCF220 V
Emergency110Calling code +98
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyIranian RialIRR
LanguagesPersian
Local time17:01Tehran