Hamadan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · alpine / mountain city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Hamadan is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with June and May close behind. Hamadan averages about 3,365 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,365
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 283 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 528k
- Elevation
- 1,753 m
When is the best time to visit Hamadan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Hamadan is September, then June and May. The dullest month is January (0/100, 29 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Hamadan?
Hamadan is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,365 hours of sunshine a year. 99 Sunshine Score points separate September (99) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #25 of 42 destinations in Iran for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,415 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 44% of the annual 283 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -6° / 21°F | 29 mm | 3 |
| February | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -4° / 25°F | 33 mm | 4 |
| March | 38 | 13° / 55°F | -1° / 30°F | 43 mm | 6 |
| April | 75 | 18° / 64°F | 3° / 37°F | 48 mm | 7 |
| May | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 21 mm | 9 |
| June | 98 | 32° / 90°F | 13° / 55°F | 6 mm | 11 |
| July | 59 | 36° / 97°F | 17° / 63°F | 2 mm | 10 |
| August | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| September | 99 | 30° / 86°F | 12° / 54°F | 2 mm | 8 |
| October | 95 | 22° / 72°F | 7° / 45°F | 24 mm | 6 |
| November | 31 | 12° / 54°F | 0° / 32°F | 41 mm | 3 |
| December | 0 | 7° / 45°F | -4° / 25°F | 33 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kermanshah Iran · 141 km · best in May · 3,357 h sun/yr
- Tehran Iran · 243 km · best in May · 3,219 h sun/yr
- Rasht Iran · 289 km · best in May · 1,915 h sun/yr
- Sulaymaniyah Iraq · 305 km · best in May · 3,158 h sun/yr
- Isfahan Iran · 386 km · best in Sep · 3,689 h sun/yr
- Ahvaz Iran · 393 km · best in Feb · 3,435 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Karaj Iran · 229 km · 3,279 h sun/yr · best in May
- Dezful Iran · 271 km · 3,429 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Ramsar Iran · 297 km · 2,569 h sun/yr · best in May
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