Rafsanjan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · regional city · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Rafsanjan is October — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with March and April close behind. Rafsanjan averages about 3,716 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in October.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,716
- Sunniest month
- October
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 126 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 148k
- Elevation
- 1,607 m
When is the best time to visit Rafsanjan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Rafsanjan is October, then March and April. The dullest month is January (40/100, 23 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Rafsanjan?
Rafsanjan is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,716 hours of sunshine a year. 60 Sunshine Score points separate October (100) from January (40), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 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 January, carries about 53% of the annual 126 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40 | 13° / 55°F | -1° / 30°F | 23 mm | 4 |
| February | 56 | 15° / 59°F | 1° / 34°F | 21 mm | 5 |
| March | 97 | 21° / 70°F | 5° / 41°F | 19 mm | 7 |
| April | 97 | 26° / 79°F | 10° / 50°F | 15 mm | 9 |
| May | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 4 mm | 11 |
| June | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 20° / 68°F | 0 mm | 12 |
| July | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 21° / 70°F | 1 mm | 11 |
| August | 60 | 36° / 97°F | 19° / 66°F | 1 mm | 11 |
| September | 90 | 33° / 91°F | 16° / 61°F | 0 mm | 9 |
| October | 100 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| November | 89 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 17 mm | 5 |
| December | 56 | 15° / 59°F | 1° / 34°F | 23 mm | 4 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kerman Iran · 87 km · best in Sep · 3,716 h sun/yr
- Yazd Iran · 246 km · best in Mar · 3,759 h sun/yr
- Shiraz Iran · 344 km · best in May · 3,687 h sun/yr
- Bandar Abbas Iran · 344 km · best in Apr · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Qeshm(Dayrestan) Iran · 394 km · best in Feb · 3,356 h sun/yr
- Asaluyeh Iran · 458 km · best in Apr · 3,506 h sun/yr
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