Gonbad-e Kāvūs climate — normals and trends
Gonbad-e Kāvūs (Iran) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 527 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Gonbad-e Kāvūs averages 35 frost days, 97 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Gonbad-e Kāvūs has warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.41 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 52 to 18 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.8 °C (on 5 July 2021) and the coldest -18.8 °C (on 21 December 1948).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Gonbad-e KāvūsGolestan
- coords
- 37.25°, 55.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.4°C
Average daily high
22.8°C
Average daily low
10.9°C
Annual rainfall
527mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
21.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
35 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
97 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
23.8 cm
Average feels-like high
22.7 °C
Average feels-like low
9.7 °C
Average peak gust
25.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
62 d/yr
Solar radiation
16.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.5 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
45.8 °C
5 July 2021
Coldest day
-18.8 °C
21 December 1948
Wettest day
104 mm
18 March 2019
Windiest day
34.4 km/h
18 March 2019
Strongest gust
73.8 km/h
4 May 1997
Hottest feels-like
47.5 °C
5 July 2021
Coldest feels-like
-24.1 °C
21 December 1948
Snowiest day
19.8 cm
3 February 2012
Sunniest day
13.8 h
20 June 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 12 mm | -38 mm |
| Feb | 11.2 °C | -1.5 °C | 52 mm | -10 mm |
| Mar | 19.3 °C | +3.3 °C | 43 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 25.3 °C | +3.9 °C | 42 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 29.7 °C | +3.1 °C | 16 mm | -25 mm |
| Jun | 31.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 14 mm | -13 mm |
| Jul | 35.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 20 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 37.2 °C | +3.9 °C | 17 mm | -15 mm |
| Sep | 31.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 39 mm | +7 mm |
| Oct | 28.2 °C | +3.5 °C | 18 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 23.2 °C | +4.5 °C | 2 mm | -39 mm |
| Dec | 15.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 31 mm | -11 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
Gonbad-e Kāvūs has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.4 °C and it receives 527 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
The hottest day measured in Gonbad-e Kāvūs between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 2021, reaching 45.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
The coldest day measured in Gonbad-e Kāvūs between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 1948, at -18.8 °C.
Does it snow in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
Yes. Gonbad-e Kāvūs gets on average 23.8 cm of snow per year and has around 35 frost days.
Has the climate of Gonbad-e Kāvūs warmed?
Yes: Gonbad-e Kāvūs warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
The wettest day measured in Gonbad-e Kāvūs between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2019, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
The windiest day measured in Gonbad-e Kāvūs between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2019, with winds reaching 34.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
The warmest month in Gonbad-e Kāvūs is July (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
Gonbad-e Kāvūs receives on average 527 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
Gonbad-e Kāvūs gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Gonbad-e Kāvūs between 1940 and 2025 was 3 February 2012, with 19.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
Yes: Gonbad-e Kāvūs has on average 62 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gonbad-e Kāvūs?
In Gonbad-e Kāvūs, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 5 July 2021, and the lowest was -24.1 °C on 21 December 1948.
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