Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kerman
Kerman climate by month
Cold desert · BWkBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing22°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation148 mm20 wet days a year
30.28° N, 57.08° EElevation 1,760 mUTC+3:30 · Iran Standard Time
When to goKerman · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low24° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kerman has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 34° and nights 20°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 11° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 22°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 148 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (34 mm, 4 wet days) and June the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 2% in August to 21% in March.
Compared with Tehran, the capital, Kerman is 1.3° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 34° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- August · 2% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 05 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 12 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 | 11° | 13° | 17° | 23° | 29° | 33° | 34° | 33° | 30° | 24° | 18° | 13° |
| Average low | -1° | 1° | 4° | 9° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 18° | 15° | 10° | 5° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 32 mm | 29 mm | 34 mm | 14 mm | 6 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 5 mm | 24 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
| Cloud cover | 19% | 18% | 21% | 21% | 13% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 13% | 19% |
| Daylight | 10h 24 | 11h 07 | 11h 57 | 12h 53 | 13h 40 | 14h 05 | 13h 55 | 13h 16 | 12h 22 | 11h 28 | 10h 39 | 10h 12 |
| Month score | 54 | 67 | 87 | 93 | 80 | 65 | 62 | 66 | 80 | 99 | 96 | 69 |
ivMonth by month
Kerman in every month
January54
11° / -1°
32 mm · 3.4 wet days
February67
13° / 1°
29 mm · 3.7 wet days
March87
17° / 4°
34 mm · 4 wet days
April93
23° / 9°
14 mm · 2.8 wet days
May80
29° / 15°
6 mm · 1.1 wet day
June65
33° / 18°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
July62
34° / 20°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
August66
33° / 18°
0 mm · 0.5 wet day
September80
30° / 15°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
October99
24° / 10°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
November96
18° / 5°
5 mm · 1.9 wet days
December69
13° / 1°
24 mm · 2.2 wet days