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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Dargaz
Dargaz climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest May · Sep–Oct
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing26°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation281 mm40 wet days a year
37.44° N, 59.11° EElevation 479 mUTC+3:30 · Iran Standard Time
When to goDargaz · weather score
Best timeMay · Sep–Oct
October: high / low22° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Dargaz 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 35° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 8° and lows of -2°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 26°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 281 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (63 mm, 7 wet days) and August the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 3% in August to 41% in March.
Compared with Tehran, the capital, Dargaz is 0.7° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · July
- Coldest nights
- -2° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 3% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 44 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 36 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 | 8° | 10° | 15° | 21° | 26° | 32° | 35° | 33° | 28° | 22° | 16° | 10° |
| Average low | -2° | -1° | 4° | 10° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 23° | 17° | 11° | 6° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 31 mm | 35 mm | 63 mm | 46 mm | 29 mm | 6 mm | 3 mm | 1 mm | 5 mm | 12 mm | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.3 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 4 |
| Cloud cover | 34% | 36% | 41% | 37% | 25% | 9% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 16% | 27% | 32% |
| Daylight | 9h 51 | 10h 49 | 11h 55 | 13h 08 | 14h 10 | 14h 44 | 14h 31 | 13h 38 | 12h 28 | 11h 17 | 10h 11 | 9h 36 |
| Month score | 46 | 41 | 60 | 82 | 84 | 68 | 59 | 64 | 85 | 95 | 77 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Dargaz in every month
January46
8° / -2°
31 mm · 4.3 wet days
February41
10° / -1°
35 mm · 6.2 wet days
March60
15° / 4°
63 mm · 7.1 wet days
April82
21° / 10°
46 mm · 6.2 wet days
May84
26° / 16°
29 mm · 4.2 wet days
June68
32° / 21°
6 mm · 0.8 wet day
July59
35° / 24°
3 mm · 0.3 wet days
August64
33° / 23°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
September85
28° / 17°
5 mm · 0.2 wet days
October95
22° / 11°
12 mm · 2.3 wet days
November77
16° / 6°
24 mm · 4.4 wet days
December49
10° / 1°
26 mm · 4 wet days