Mashhad weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · major city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Mashhad is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with October and May close behind. Mashhad averages about 3,221 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,221
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 184 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈31 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 2.5M
- Elevation
- 991 m
When is the best time to visit Mashhad?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Mashhad is September, then October and May. The dullest month is January (8/100, 23 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Mashhad?
Mashhad is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,221 hours of sunshine a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate September (98) from January (8), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #33 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 55% of the annual 184 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 | 9° / 48°F | -3° / 27°F | 23 mm | 2 |
| February | 31 | 12° / 54°F | -1° / 30°F | 29 mm | 3 |
| March | 75 | 18° / 64°F | 3° / 37°F | 42 mm | 4 |
| April | 93 | 24° / 75°F | 8° / 46°F | 30 mm | 6 |
| May | 95 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 17 mm | 8 |
| June | 78 | 34° / 93°F | 18° / 64°F | 3 mm | 10 |
| July | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| August | 79 | 34° / 93°F | 18° / 64°F | 0 mm | 9 |
| September | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 13° / 55°F | 1 mm | 7 |
| October | 97 | 24° / 75°F | 8° / 46°F | 6 mm | 5 |
| November | 64 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 16 mm | 3 |
| December | 24 | 11° / 52°F | -1° / 30°F | 16 mm | 2 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ashgabat Turkmenistan · 226 km · best in Sep · 3,046 h sun/yr
- Bukhara Uzbekistan · 578 km · best in Sep · 3,117 h sun/yr
- Sari Iran · 579 km · best in May · 2,451 h sun/yr
- Urgench Uzbekistan · 601 km · best in Sep · 3,100 h sun/yr
- Yazd Iran · 690 km · best in Mar · 3,759 h sun/yr
- Kerman Iran · 709 km · best in Sep · 3,716 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Sabzevar Iran · 184 km · 3,457 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Bojnord Iran · 250 km · 3,090 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Mary Turkmenistan · 253 km · 3,269 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Herāt Afghanistan · 325 km · 3,496 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Birjand Iran · 373 km · 3,681 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Mashhad compares month by month: Mashhad vs Ashgabat · Mashhad vs Bukhara · Mashhad vs Sari · all comparisons
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