Yazd weather by month & the best time to visit

🇮🇷 Iran · city break · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Yazd is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with April and October close behind. Yazd averages about 3,759 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in March.

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Sun hours / year

3,759

Sunniest month

March

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

54 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

478k

Elevation

1,226 m

When is the best time to visit Yazd?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Yazd is March, then April and October. The dullest month is July (20/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Yazd?

Yazd is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,759 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate March (99) from July (20), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 of 42 destinations in Iran for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,415 hours. Rain is a non-event in Yazd — about 54 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Isfahan Iran · 244 km · best in Sep · 3,689 h sun/yr
• Shiraz Iran · 309 km · best in May · 3,687 h sun/yr
• Kerman Iran · 313 km · best in Sep · 3,716 h sun/yr
• Bushehr Iran · 466 km · best in May · 3,361 h sun/yr
• Tehran Iran · 486 km · best in May · 3,219 h sun/yr
• Asaluyeh Iran · 525 km · best in Apr · 3,506 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Rafsanjan Iran · 246 km · 3,716 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Kashan Iran · 335 km · 3,520 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Gachsaran Iran · 371 km · 3,600 h sun/yr · best in Apr

Head-to-head

How Yazd compares month by month: Yazd vs Isfahan · Yazd vs Shiraz · Yazd vs Kerman · all comparisons