Climate guideThirty-year normals for Khaf
Khaf climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Apr · Oct–Nov
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing26°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation201 mm41 wet days a year
34.57° N, 60.14° EElevation 970 mUTC+3:30 · Iran Standard Time
When to goKhaf · weather score
Best timeApr · Oct–Nov
October: high / low24° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Khaf 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 23°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 8° and lows of -1°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 26°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 201 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. March is the wettest month (46 mm, 8 wet days) and July the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 0% in August to 29% in March.
Compared with Tehran, the capital, Khaf is 0.1° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 35° · July
- Coldest nights
- -1° · January
- Wettest month
- March
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- August · 0% cloud
- Longest day
- 14 h 27 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 51 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° | 11° | 16° | 24° | 29° | 34° | 35° | 34° | 30° | 24° | 17° | 10° |
| Average low | -1° | 1° | 5° | 10° | 16° | 21° | 23° | 21° | 16° | 10° | 6° | 1° |
| Precipitation | 39 mm | 38 mm | 46 mm | 31 mm | 8 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 7 mm | 29 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 6.2 | 7 | 8 | 5.3 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
| Cloud cover | 27% | 27% | 29% | 26% | 14% | 3% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 7% | 17% | 25% |
| Daylight | 10h 05 | 10h 56 | 11h 56 | 13h 02 | 13h 57 | 14h 27 | 14h 16 | 13h 29 | 12h 26 | 11h 22 | 10h 23 | 9h 51 |
| Month score | 43 | 44 | 70 | 88 | 75 | 62 | 58 | 62 | 79 | 98 | 83 | 47 |
ivMonth by month
Khaf in every month
January43
8° / -1°
39 mm · 6.2 wet days
February44
11° / 1°
38 mm · 7 wet days
March70
16° / 5°
46 mm · 8 wet days
April88
24° / 10°
31 mm · 5.3 wet days
May75
29° / 16°
8 mm · 2.6 wet days
June62
34° / 21°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
July58
35° / 23°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
August62
34° / 21°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September79
30° / 16°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
October98
24° / 10°
2 mm · 1 wet day
November83
17° / 6°
7 mm · 4.7 wet days
December47
10° / 1°
29 mm · 5.3 wet days