Tehran is bathed in sunshine — 316 sunny days a year. Winters are cold with frequent frost. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Tehran, Iran is a 9.4M-resident city with 316 sunny days and 98 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 32.5 µg/m³. The capital and largest city of Iran.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 3 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 31 | 33 | 31 | 29 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 19 |
| Daily mean°C | -1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 15 |
| Daily low°C | -7 | -4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | -3 | 9 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 15 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 24 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | -1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | -19 | -15 | -6 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 4 | -4 | -17 | 2 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 55 | 58 | 48 | 31 | 31 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 55 | 53 | 37 |
| Dewpoint°C | -8.9 | -6.2 | -2.9 | -1.4 | 2.1 | -0.1 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 1.5 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -6.4 | -1.4 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 16 | 39 | 60 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 35 | 31 | 243 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 41 |
| Snowfallmm | 25 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 |
| Snow days≥1mm | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.7 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 7.7 | 8.9 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 10.3 |
| Clear skyindex | 57% | 62% | 60% | 66% | 72% | 88% | 93% | 88% | 96% | 87% | 64% | 68% | 75% |
| UV indexmax avg | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 10.6 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 7.9 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 6.4 |
Tehran is livable outdoors nearly year-round. 3 months of the year are perfect for all activities. Dinner outside works 5/12 months, while lunch outside is comfortable 12/12 months — impressive.
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Air Quality
Tehran reports an annual PM2.5 of 32.5 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Tehran reports an annual PM2.5 of 32.5 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
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PM2.5 annual average of 32.5 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Tehran? Honestly, air quality is a meaningful downside — at 32.5 µg/m³ annual PM2.5, Tehran sits above the EU limit, which may matter for allergy sufferers or long-term residents.
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