Tabas climate — normals and trends
Tabas (Iran) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 62 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 (33.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (7.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Tabas averages 19 frost days, 166 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 15 rainy days per year.
Tabas has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 25 to 13 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.2 °C (on 2 July 2025) and the coldest -10.3 °C (on 21 January 1964).
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
TabasYazd Province
- coords
- 33.60°, 56.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.8°C
Average daily high
27.0°C
Average daily low
14.4°C
Annual rainfall
62mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
29%
Average peak wind
14.8km/h
Seasonal range
26.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
19 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
166 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
15 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.3 cm
Average feels-like high
24.2 °C
Average feels-like low
10.6 °C
Average peak gust
28.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
127 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
48.2 °C
2 July 2025
Coldest day
-10.3 °C
21 January 1964
Wettest day
31 mm
14 April 2019
Windiest day
45.8 km/h
23 May 1978
Strongest gust
83.5 km/h
17 March 2019
Hottest feels-like
47.2 °C
28 July 2024
Coldest feels-like
-15.7 °C
21 January 1964
Snowiest day
4.6 cm
13 January 1996
Sunniest day
13.8 h
4 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.4 °C | +1.8 °C | 2 mm | -12 mm |
| Feb | 16.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 23.2 °C | +2.3 °C | 6 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 33.1 °C | +5.7 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 38.6 °C | +5.3 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 39.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 1 mm | +1 mm |
| Jul | 42.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 40.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 37.8 °C | +3.2 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Oct | 32.4 °C | +4.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 23.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 0 mm | -4 mm |
| Dec | 16.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 22 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tabas?
Tabas has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 62 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tabas?
The hottest day measured in Tabas between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2025, reaching 48.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tabas?
The coldest day measured in Tabas between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1964, at -10.3 °C.
Does it snow in Tabas?
Yes. Tabas gets on average 1.3 cm of snow per year and has around 19 frost days.
Has the climate of Tabas warmed?
Yes: Tabas warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tabas?
The wettest day measured in Tabas between 1940 and 2025 was 14 April 2019, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tabas?
The windiest day measured in Tabas between 1940 and 2025 was 23 May 1978, with winds reaching 45.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tabas?
The warmest month in Tabas is July (33.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (7.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Tabas?
Tabas receives on average 62 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 15 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tabas?
Tabas gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tabas?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tabas between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1996, with 4.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tabas?
Yes: Tabas has on average 127 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tabas?
In Tabas, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 28 July 2024, and the lowest was -15.7 °C on 21 January 1964.
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