Kavār climate — normals and trends
Kavār (Iran) has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 316 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 (29.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Kavār averages 20 frost days, 121 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 36 rainy days per year.
Kavār has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 25 to 15 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.2 °C (on 28 July 2024) and the coldest -14.1 °C (on 8 January 1949).
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
KavārFars
- coords
- 29.21°, 52.69°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.5°C
Average daily high
23.0°C
Average daily low
12.1°C
Annual rainfall
316mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
41%
Average peak wind
10.4km/h
Seasonal range
24.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
20 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
121 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
36 d/yr
Annual snowfall
18.9 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
10.0 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
88 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
41.2 °C
28 July 2024
Coldest day
-14.1 °C
8 January 1949
Wettest day
88 mm
2 December 1986
Windiest day
25.7 km/h
31 March 1956
Strongest gust
102.2 km/h
23 February 1952
Hottest feels-like
41.0 °C
28 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-18.8 °C
8 January 1949
Snowiest day
32.2 cm
11 January 1996
Sunniest day
13.0 h
24 April 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.8 °C | +2.0 °C | 20 mm | -59 mm |
| Feb | 11.6 °C | -0.4 °C | 104 mm | +45 mm |
| Mar | 16.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 99 mm | +43 mm |
| Apr | 26.7 °C | +5.4 °C | 3 mm | -22 mm |
| May | 33.0 °C | +4.9 °C | 0 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 35.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 36.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Aug | 36.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 33.6 °C | +2.8 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 27.6 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 20.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 0 mm | -25 mm |
| Dec | 12.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 123 mm | +64 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kavār?
Kavār has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.5 °C and it receives 316 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kavār?
The hottest day measured in Kavār between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2024, reaching 41.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kavār?
The coldest day measured in Kavār between 1940 and 2025 was 8 January 1949, at -14.1 °C.
Does it snow in Kavār?
Yes. Kavār gets on average 18.9 cm of snow per year and has around 20 frost days.
Has the climate of Kavār warmed?
Yes: Kavār warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kavār?
The wettest day measured in Kavār between 1940 and 2025 was 2 December 1986, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kavār?
The windiest day measured in Kavār between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1956, with winds reaching 25.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kavār?
The warmest month in Kavār is July (29.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Kavār?
Kavār receives on average 316 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 36 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kavār?
Kavār gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kavār?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kavār between 1940 and 2025 was 11 January 1996, with 32.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kavār?
Yes: Kavār has on average 88 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kavār?
In Kavār, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 28 July 2024, and the lowest was -18.8 °C on 8 January 1949.
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