Mahshahr weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · coastal city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Mahshahr is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with March and April close behind. Mahshahr averages about 3,409 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 17 mm of rain in February.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,409
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 185 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 996k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Mahshahr?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mahshahr is February, then March and April. The dullest month is June (0/100, 5 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mahshahr?
Mahshahr is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,409 hours of sunshine a year. 96 Sunshine Score points separate February (96) from June (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #22 of 42 destinations in Iran for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,415 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 61% of the year's 185 mm falls in the three months around December.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 85 | 19° / 66°F | 8° / 46°F | 38 mm | 3 | 18° / 64°F |
| February | 96 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 17 mm | 5 | 17° / 63°F |
| March | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 14° / 57°F | 18 mm | 6 | 19° / 66°F |
| April | 96 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 16 mm | 8 | 22° / 72°F |
| May | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 25° / 77°F | 4 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| June | 0 | 45° / 113°F | 29° / 84°F | 5 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| July | 0 | 46° / 115°F | 31° / 88°F | 3 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| August | 0 | 46° / 115°F | 31° / 88°F | 2 mm | 10 | 32° / 90°F |
| September | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 27° / 81°F | 0 mm | 8 | 32° / 90°F |
| October | 59 | 36° / 97°F | 23° / 73°F | 7 mm | 6 | 29° / 84°F |
| November | 93 | 26° / 79°F | 16° / 61°F | 36 mm | 4 | 24° / 75°F |
| December | 92 | 21° / 70°F | 10° / 50°F | 39 mm | 3 | 19° / 66°F |
Sea temperature in Mahshahr by month
The sea off Mahshahr is warmest in August at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in February at 17°C / 63°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 8 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Abadan Iran · 91 km · best in Feb · 3,421 h sun/yr
- Ahvaz Iran · 94 km · best in Feb · 3,435 h sun/yr
- Basra Iraq · 143 km · best in Feb · 3,445 h sun/yr
- Kuwait City Kuwait · 187 km · best in Mar · 3,451 h sun/yr
- Bushehr Iran · 242 km · best in May · 3,361 h sun/yr
- Shiraz Iran · 350 km · best in May · 3,687 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gachsaran Iran · 163 km · 3,600 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Khark Iran · 183 km · 3,424 h sun/yr · best in Apr
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