Zarand climate — normals and trends
Zarand (Iran) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 150 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 (27.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Zarand averages 59 frost days, 105 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 33 rainy days per year.
Zarand has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 70 to 48 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.5 °C (on 1 July 2025) and the coldest -19.1 °C (on 8 February 1957).
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
ZarandKerman
- coords
- 30.81°, 56.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.0°C
Average daily high
22.3°C
Average daily low
9.4°C
Annual rainfall
150mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
33%
Average peak wind
14.9km/h
Seasonal range
24.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
59 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
105 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
33 d/yr
Annual snowfall
11.5 cm
Average feels-like high
19.2 °C
Average feels-like low
6.0 °C
Average peak gust
36.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
36 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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
40.5 °C
1 July 2025
Coldest day
-19.1 °C
8 February 1957
Wettest day
50 mm
22 January 1957
Windiest day
43.5 km/h
9 March 1961
Strongest gust
109.1 km/h
25 February 1980
Hottest feels-like
40.4 °C
5 July 2025
Coldest feels-like
-24.4 °C
8 February 1957
Snowiest day
27.7 cm
22 January 1957
Sunniest day
13.4 h
4 June 1959
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 | 8.6 °C | -0.8 °C | 29 mm | -1 mm |
| Feb | 12.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 31 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 17.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 27 mm | -4 mm |
| Apr | 27.6 °C | +5.6 °C | 1 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 32.5 °C | +4.6 °C | 0 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 34.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 35.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 33.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 32.4 °C | +3.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 27.1 °C | +3.4 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 19.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -11 mm |
| Dec | 12.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 62 mm | +40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Zarand?
Zarand has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.0 °C and it receives 150 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Zarand?
The hottest day measured in Zarand between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2025, reaching 40.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Zarand?
The coldest day measured in Zarand between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 1957, at -19.1 °C.
Does it snow in Zarand?
Yes. Zarand gets on average 11.5 cm of snow per year and has around 59 frost days.
Has the climate of Zarand warmed?
Yes: Zarand warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Zarand?
The wettest day measured in Zarand between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1957, with 50 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Zarand?
The windiest day measured in Zarand between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1961, with winds reaching 43.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Zarand?
The warmest month in Zarand is July (27.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Zarand?
Zarand receives on average 150 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 33 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Zarand?
Zarand 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 Zarand?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Zarand between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1957, with 27.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Zarand?
Yes: Zarand has on average 36 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Zarand?
In Zarand, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 5 July 2025, and the lowest was -24.4 °C on 8 February 1957.
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