Kermanshah weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · alpine / mountain city · Mediterranean climate
The best time to visit Kermanshah is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with October and April close behind. Kermanshah averages about 3,357 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 20 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,357
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 349 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈66 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 828k
- Elevation
- 1,310 m
When is the best time to visit Kermanshah?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kermanshah is May, then October and April. The dullest month is January (0/100, 47 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kermanshah?
Kermanshah is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,357 hours of sunshine a year. 95 Sunshine Score points separate May (95) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 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 349 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -3° / 27°F | 47 mm | 2 |
| February | 15 | 10° / 50°F | -2° / 28°F | 48 mm | 4 |
| March | 52 | 15° / 59°F | 2° / 36°F | 55 mm | 5 |
| April | 90 | 21° / 70°F | 6° / 43°F | 52 mm | 7 |
| May | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 20 mm | 9 |
| June | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 11 |
| July | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| August | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| September | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 2 mm | 8 |
| October | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 11° / 52°F | 29 mm | 5 |
| November | 52 | 15° / 59°F | 3° / 37°F | 51 mm | 3 |
| December | 15 | 10° / 50°F | -1° / 30°F | 42 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sulaymaniyah Iraq · 215 km · best in May · 3,158 h sun/yr
- Baghdad Iraq · 296 km · best in Apr · 3,313 h sun/yr
- Erbil Iraq · 359 km · best in Oct · 3,144 h sun/yr
- Najaf Iraq · 366 km · best in Feb · 3,445 h sun/yr
- Ahvaz Iran · 367 km · best in Feb · 3,435 h sun/yr
- Tehran Iran · 383 km · best in May · 3,219 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Hamadan Iran · 141 km · 3,365 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Dezful Iran · 242 km · 3,429 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Kirkuk Iraq · 285 km · 3,246 h sun/yr · best in Oct
Head-to-head
How Kermanshah compares month by month: Kermanshah vs Baghdad · Kermanshah vs Erbil · Kermanshah vs Sulaymaniyah · Kermanshah vs Najaf · all comparisons
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