- ClimateVariable-12–38°
Top cities
- Tehran9.4M residents
- Mashhad5.4M residents
- Isfahan1.8M residents
- Karaj3.6M residents
- Tabriz1.3M residents
Source: GeoNames
Airports in Iran
Mehrabad International Airport is Iran's busiest gateway.
Iran is quieter than 50 of 87 countries worldwide. It sees ~22 air passengers per 100 residents a year — a derived figure, not itself ranked.
4 major airports handle about 18M passengers a year. Tap any to see its nearest cities and how far they are.
Good to know — passenger volume is total throughput, not direct-route breadth; a large hub can still lack flights to your region. Learn how we measure this →
Passport strength in Iran
Iran's passport ranks #89 worldwide — 35 destinations visa-free.
This is the passport you’d gain by naturalizing here — a long-horizon payoff measured in years of residency, not a signal for the move itself.
- Mobility
- #8935 destinations
- GDP reach
- #1713.5% of world GDP
- Heritage
- #143145 of 1,353 UNESCO sites
Good to know — a mobility rank counts how many destinations you can enter, not how useful they are; a strong passport can still gate the one place you care about. Learn how we measure this →
Climate in Iran
Warm summers, gentle winters.
Where most people in Iran live, it's typically -12° to 38° feels-like across the year; sun is plentiful, up to ~350 days a year in Bandar Abbas.
Feels-like °C — where most people live, vs the city-to-city spread
Good to know— a country isn't one climate but a range; the extremes here are different cities, not the same place across seasons. Learn how we measure this →
Who thrives in Iran
A handful of lifestyles thrive in Iran.
Fit is scored per lifestyle and anchored to the cities that serve each best — Sunshine Lover leads. Pick one to see exactly where it works.
Great fit
Good to know — fit is by city, not country; a lifestyle that thrives here may only do so in one or two of its cities. Learn how we measure this →