Rāvar climate — normals and trends
Rāvar (Iran) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 144 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 (28.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (4.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Rāvar averages 45 frost days, 109 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 33 rainy days per year.
Rāvar has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 53 to 37 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 1 July 2023) and the coldest -18.2 °C (on 17 January 2008).
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
RāvarKerman
- coords
- 31.27°, 56.81°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
22.8°C
Average daily low
11.4°C
Annual rainfall
144mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
33%
Average peak wind
13.8km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
45 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
109 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
33 d/yr
Annual snowfall
9.6 cm
Average feels-like high
20.0 °C
Average feels-like low
7.9 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
84 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.2 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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
41.7 °C
1 July 2023
Coldest day
-18.2 °C
17 January 2008
Wettest day
40 mm
27 January 1981
Windiest day
38.6 km/h
26 February 2020
Strongest gust
120.2 km/h
25 February 1980
Hottest feels-like
40.3 °C
11 July 1977
Coldest feels-like
-24.1 °C
17 January 2008
Snowiest day
12.5 cm
19 December 2025
Sunniest day
13.5 h
3 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.1 °C | -1.1 °C | 39 mm | +14 mm |
| Feb | 13.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 22 mm | -3 mm |
| Mar | 18.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 22 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 28.7 °C | +5.6 °C | 3 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 33.0 °C | +4.4 °C | 1 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 34.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 35.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 33.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 32.6 °C | +3.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 27.6 °C | +3.4 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 19.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 0 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 13.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 47 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rāvar?
Rāvar has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 144 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rāvar?
The hottest day measured in Rāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2023, reaching 41.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rāvar?
The coldest day measured in Rāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 2008, at -18.2 °C.
Does it snow in Rāvar?
Yes. Rāvar gets on average 9.6 cm of snow per year and has around 45 frost days.
Has the climate of Rāvar warmed?
Yes: Rāvar warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rāvar?
The wettest day measured in Rāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1981, with 40 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rāvar?
The windiest day measured in Rāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2020, with winds reaching 38.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rāvar?
The warmest month in Rāvar is July (28.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (4.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Rāvar?
Rāvar receives on average 144 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 33 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rāvar?
Rāvar gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Rāvar?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Rāvar between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2025, with 12.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Rāvar?
Yes: Rāvar has on average 84 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rāvar?
In Rāvar, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.3 °C on 11 July 1977, and the lowest was -24.1 °C on 17 January 2008.
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