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Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter in El Gölü, Tabriz

Iran is a vast country, and has different types of climate: mild and quite wet on the coast of the Caspian Sea, continental and arid in the plateau, cold in high mountains, desert and hot on the southern coast and in the southeast.  The only rainy area is the Caspian Sea coast. Summer is sunny everywhere except on the shores of the Caspian Sea.

The Caspian Sea

Along the coast overlooking the Caspian Sea, the climate is mild, almost Mediterranean, with fairly mild, rainy winters and hot, humid summers. Daily averages in July and August are around 27°C, with some chance of thunderstorms. In the western part, winter is a bit colder than in the eastern part: the January average temperature ranges from 5°C in the west to 7°C in the east. On the slopes at the foot of the Alborz Mountains, the landscape is particularly green, and covered with forests. This is the wettest area of Iran. In the area to the east of the Caspian Sea, occupied by plains and hills, the climate is arid, almost desert, with hot summers. Since autumn, though mild, is rainy.

Climate data for Bandar-e Anzali

The Plateau

Much of Iran is covered by high plateaus and mountain ranges. The plateaus experience high temperature variations between winter and summer. the Iranian plateau heats up a lot, so much so that a thermal low pressure forms, but because of the low humidity, the heat is usually bearable, at least when the temperature is not too high.

Climate data for Isfahan

The mountains

Iran is a particularly mountainous country. The major ranges are Alborz and Zagros. In winter, high mountains experience snowfalls, frosts and strong winds. On the summits, snow cover lasts for many months, but it melts almost everywhere in summer because this season is hot even at high altitudes. Only in the north, on the peaks of Alborz, there are glaciers above 3,500 meters, for example, on Damavand and Alam Kuh.

Climate data for Ardabil

The south

The southern part of Iran, compared with the rest of the country is really a world apart, in fact, it is warm too hot for most of the year, semi desert and with virtually no winter. The winter is mild in the west, at the border with Iraq and where the average in January is about 11 °C, while summer is scorchingly hot, with highs around 43/45 °C in July and August, and peaks of 52 °C. In winter, cold air masses can sometimes lower the temperature, and there may be some frosts at night. Along the coast of the Persian Gulf, winter is even milder, with January averages ranging from 14.5 °C in Bushehr to 18 °C in Bandar e Abbas. East of the Strait of Hormuz, on the Gulf of Oman, the climate is practically tropical, since the average temperature of January reaches 20 °C.

Climate data for Dezful