Birjand
Elevation 1459 m32.87° N, 59.22° E
Do not travel
The governments of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States advise against all travel to the whole country. The advice is for the country: it holds here too.
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When to go?
Mean 6 °C, 6 rain days in the month (32 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 8 °C, 7 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 13 °C, 6 rain days in the month (40 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 4 rain days in the month (23 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, 2 rain days in the month (11 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 29 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 38 °C
Mean 27 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 19 °C, 1 rain day in the month (3 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 2 rain days in the month (10 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 8 °C, 3 rain days in the month (18 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are February–April, October–December. Avoid June–August (hot, at times extreme heat).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.8 °C (cells at 1743 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.2 °C; in the last ten years by +1.6 °C. Warmest year: 2023 (+2.2 °C), coldest: 1957 (−1.7 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+2.0 and +1.9 °C), November the least (+0.3 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 17 °C) begins 10 days earlier and ends 4 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −4 % every ten years.