Isfahan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · city break · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Isfahan is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with October and May close behind. Isfahan averages about 3,689 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,689
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 139 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈31 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 1.6M
- Elevation
- 1,541 m
When is the best time to visit Isfahan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Isfahan is September, then October and May. The dullest month is January (8/100, 18 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Isfahan?
Isfahan is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,689 hours of sunshine a year. 92 Sunshine Score points separate September (100) from January (8), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 42 destinations in Iran for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,415 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around March, carries about 45% of the annual 139 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 18 mm | 3 |
| February | 32 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 16 mm | 5 |
| March | 80 | 18° / 64°F | 3° / 37°F | 23 mm | 7 |
| April | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 23 mm | 8 |
| May | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 10 mm | 10 |
| June | 60 | 36° / 97°F | 19° / 66°F | 3 mm | 11 |
| July | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 21° / 70°F | 1 mm | 11 |
| August | 60 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 11 |
| September | 100 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| October | 99 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 3 mm | 6 |
| November | 64 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 20 mm | 4 |
| December | 24 | 11° / 52°F | -1° / 30°F | 20 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yazd Iran · 244 km · best in Mar · 3,759 h sun/yr
- Tehran Iran · 303 km · best in May · 3,219 h sun/yr
- Ahvaz Iran · 334 km · best in Feb · 3,435 h sun/yr
- Shiraz Iran · 364 km · best in May · 3,687 h sun/yr
- Bushehr Iran · 435 km · best in May · 3,361 h sun/yr
- Abadan Iran · 436 km · best in Feb · 3,421 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kashan Iran · 130 km · 3,520 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Gachsaran Iran · 287 km · 3,600 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Dezful Iran · 329 km · 3,429 h sun/yr · best in Feb
Head-to-head
How Isfahan compares month by month: Isfahan vs Tehran · Isfahan vs Ahvaz · Isfahan vs Yazd · Isfahan vs Sari · all comparisons
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