Climate
Yazd is the driest major city in Iran, with an average annual rainfall of only 60 millimetres (2.4 in), and also the hottest north of the Persian Gulf coast, with summer temperatures very frequently above 40 °C (104 °F) in blazing sunshine with no humidity. Even at night the temperatures in summer are rather uncomfortable. In the winter, the days remain mild and sunny, but in the morning the thin air and low cloudiness cause very cold temperatures that can sometimes fall well below 0 °C (32 °F).
| Climate data for Yazd | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 12.2 (54.0) |
14.8 (58.6) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.9 (71.4) |
33.4 (92.1) |
36.3 (97.3) |
39.5 (103.1) |
36.1 (97.0) |
35.3 (95.5) |
26.5 (79.7) |
19.3 (66.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
25.98 (78.77) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6) |
0.1 (32.2) |
5.3 (41.5) |
9.5 (49.1) |
17.7 (63.9) |
20.0 (68.0) |
23.3 (73.9) |
19.9 (67.8) |
18.7 (65.7) |
8.6 (47.5) |
2.3 (36.1) |
−0.7 (30.7) |
10.33 (50.59) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 7.0 (0.276) |
0.8 (0.031) |
11.0 (0.433) |
21.9 (0.862) |
0.6 (0.024) |
2.0 (0.079) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
3.0 (0.118) |
0.0 (0) |
2.0 (0.079) |
0.0 (0) |
48.3 (1.902) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Source: World Meteorological Organisation | |||||||||||||
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