Kerman weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · city break · cold desert climate
The best time to visit Kerman is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with October and May close behind. Kerman averages about 3,716 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,716
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 117 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈14 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 578k
- Elevation
- 1,746 m

When is the best time to visit Kerman?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kerman is September, then October and May. The dullest month is January (32/100, 20 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kerman?
Kerman is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,716 hours of sunshine a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate September (100) from January (32), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 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 February, carries about 51% of the annual 117 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 20 mm | 4 |
| February | 48 | 14° / 57°F | 0° / 32°F | 21 mm | 5 |
| March | 97 | 20° / 68°F | 4° / 39°F | 19 mm | 7 |
| April | 97 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 15 mm | 9 |
| May | 99 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 4 mm | 11 |
| June | 60 | 36° / 97°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 12 |
| July | 60 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 11 |
| August | 80 | 34° / 93°F | 18° / 64°F | 2 mm | 11 |
| September | 100 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| October | 100 | 26° / 79°F | 11° / 52°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| November | 81 | 18° / 64°F | 4° / 39°F | 14 mm | 5 |
| December | 48 | 14° / 57°F | 0° / 32°F | 19 mm | 4 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Yazd Iran · 313 km · best in Mar · 3,759 h sun/yr
- Bandar Abbas Iran · 344 km · best in Apr · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Zahedan Iran · 392 km · best in Oct · 3,764 h sun/yr
- Qeshm(Dayrestan) Iran · 404 km · best in Feb · 3,356 h sun/yr
- Shiraz Iran · 428 km · best in May · 3,687 h sun/yr
- Kish Iran · 508 km · best in May · 3,396 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Rafsanjan Iran · 87 km · 3,716 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Bam Iran · 196 km · 3,723 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Birjand Iran · 366 km · 3,681 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Lar Iran · 382 km · 3,689 h sun/yr · best in Apr
Head-to-head
How Kerman compares month by month: Kerman vs Zahedan · Kerman vs Yazd · Kerman vs Bandar Abbas · all comparisons
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