Climate guideThirty-year normals for Birjand
Birjand climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing23°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation185 mm23 wet days a year
32.87° N, 59.22° EElevation 1,459 mUTC+3:30 · Iran Standard Time
When to goBirjand · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low24° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Birjand has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 34° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 9° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 23°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 185 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (39 mm, 4 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 1% in July to 24% in March.
Compared with Tehran, the capital, Birjand is 1.3° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 1% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 18 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 00 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 9° | 11° | 16° | 23° | 29° | 33° | 34° | 33° | 30° | 24° | 17° | 12° |
| Average low | -2° | 0° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 19° | 20° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 5° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 39 mm | 36 mm | 46 mm | 20 mm | 5 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 8 mm | 27 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| Cloud cover | 22% | 21% | 24% | 23% | 14% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 14% | 22% |
| Daylight | 10h 13 | 11h 01 | 11h 56 | 12h 59 | 13h 50 | 14h 18 | 14h 07 | 13h 23 | 12h 24 | 11h 24 | 10h 29 | 10h 00 |
| Month score | 48 | 53 | 80 | 92 | 80 | 64 | 62 | 68 | 80 | 99 | 92 | 61 |
ivMonth by month
Birjand in every month
January48
9° / -2°
39 mm · 4.2 wet days
February53
11° / 0°
36 mm · 4.2 wet days
March80
16° / 4°
46 mm · 4.2 wet days
April92
23° / 9°
20 mm · 3.5 wet days
May80
29° / 14°
5 mm · 1.4 wet day
June64
33° / 19°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
July62
34° / 20°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
August68
33° / 18°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
September80
30° / 14°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
October99
24° / 10°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day
November92
17° / 5°
8 mm · 1.9 wet days
December61
12° / 1°
27 mm · 2.4 wet days