Shiraz weather by month & the best time to visit
🇮🇷 Iran · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Shiraz is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with October and April close behind. Shiraz averages about 3,687 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,687
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 274 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 1.2M
- Elevation
- 1,487 m
When is the best time to visit Shiraz?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Shiraz is May, then October and April. The dullest month is July (20/100, 5 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Shiraz?
Shiraz is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,687 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate May (99) from July (20), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 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 52% of the annual 274 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38 | 13° / 55°F | 0° / 32°F | 53 mm | 4 |
| February | 54 | 15° / 59°F | 1° / 34°F | 41 mm | 5 |
| March | 92 | 20° / 68°F | 4° / 39°F | 41 mm | 7 |
| April | 95 | 25° / 77°F | 9° / 48°F | 25 mm | 9 |
| May | 99 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 7 mm | 11 |
| June | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 19° / 66°F | 4 mm | 12 |
| July | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 22° / 72°F | 5 mm | 11 |
| August | 40 | 38° / 100°F | 21° / 70°F | 4 mm | 11 |
| September | 70 | 35° / 95°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| October | 99 | 28° / 82°F | 12° / 54°F | 4 mm | 7 |
| November | 93 | 20° / 68°F | 6° / 43°F | 40 mm | 5 |
| December | 53 | 15° / 59°F | 2° / 36°F | 49 mm | 4 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Bushehr Iran · 183 km · best in May · 3,361 h sun/yr
- Asaluyeh Iran · 241 km · best in Apr · 3,506 h sun/yr
- Yazd Iran · 309 km · best in Mar · 3,759 h sun/yr
- Kish Iran · 362 km · best in May · 3,396 h sun/yr
- Isfahan Iran · 364 km · best in Sep · 3,689 h sun/yr
- Manama Bahrain · 411 km · best in May · 2,892 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gachsaran Iran · 191 km · 3,600 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Khark Iran · 222 km · 3,424 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Lamerd Iran · 248 km · 3,564 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Lar Iran · 271 km · 3,689 h sun/yr · best in Apr
Head-to-head
How Shiraz compares month by month: Shiraz vs Yazd · Shiraz vs Bushehr · Shiraz vs Asaluyeh · all comparisons
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