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Iran
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Iran at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Golestan Palace · Photo: Miladpoorali · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Tehran
- Currency
- IRR
- Iranian Rial
- Local time
- Iran Standard TimeUTC+03:30
- Calling code
- +98
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F
Facts
Iran in figures
- Capital
- Tehran
- Currency
- Iranian Rial IRRToday's indicative rate: IRR 1,000 ≈ USD 0.001Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: PersianSpoken: Persian and Kurdish
- Time zones
- Iran Standard TimeUTC+03:30
- Calling code
- +98
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C and F220 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 110police115ambulance125fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 92,417,681 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 1,648,000 km²
- Internet domain
- .ir
When to go
Climate across Iran
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tehran | 8° | 11° | 17° | 22° | 29° | 35° | 38° | 36° | 32° | 24° | 15° | 10° |
| Isfahan | 9° | 12° | 18° | 23° | 29° | 36° | 38° | 36° | 32° | 25° | 16° | 11° |
| Tabriz | 1° | 3° | 9° | 14° | 21° | 28° | 32° | 31° | 26° | 17° | 8° | 3° |
| Shiraz | 11° | 13° | 18° | 23° | 30° | 36° | 38° | 36° | 33° | 26° | 18° | 13° |
| Mashhad | 5° | 7° | 13° | 19° | 25° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 26° | 20° | 12° | 6° |
| Qom | 9° | 12° | 18° | 23° | 30° | 36° | 38° | 36° | 32° | 25° | 16° | 11° |
| Ahvāz | 19° | 22° | 27° | 33° | 41° | 47° | 49° | 48° | 44° | 37° | 26° | 20° |
| Karaj | -2° | 0° | 6° | 11° | 18° | 24° | 27° | 26° | 21° | 14° | 5° | 0° |
| Yazd | 11° | 14° | 20° | 25° | 31° | 36° | 37° | 35° | 32° | 26° | 17° | 13° |
| Rasht | 11° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 26° | 22° | 16° | 13° |
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
On the map
Where Iran is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Iran
- TehranCapital7,153,309
- MashhadRazavi Khorasan2,307,177
- Isfahan1,547,164
- KarajAlborz Province1,448,075
- TabrizEast Azerbaijan Province1,424,641
- ShirazFars1,249,942
- QomQom Province900,000
- AhvāzKhuzestan841,145
- KermanshahKermanshah Province621,100
- RashtGilan Province594,590
- Kerman577,514
- OrūmīyehWest Azerbaijan Province577,307
- ZahedanSistan and Baluchestan551,980
- HamadānHamadan Province528,256
- ArākMarkazi503,647
- YazdYazd Province477,905
- EslamshahrTehran450,000
- ArdabīlArdabil Province410,753
- Zanjan357,471
- Bandar AbbasHormozgan352,173
- SanandajKurdistan Province349,176
- QazvinQazvin Province333,635
- KhorramshahrKhuzestan330,606
- KhorramabadLorestan Province329,825
- ShahrīārTehran309,607
- QodsTehran309,605
- KashanIsfahan304,487
- KāshānIsfahan304,487
- ĀbādānKhuzestan231,476
Airports
Airports in Iran
Large airports
- IKAImam Khomeini International AirportTehran
- THRMehrabad International AirportTehran
- MHDMashhad International AirportMashhad
- IFNIsfahan Shahid Beheshti International AirportIsfahan
- PYKPayam International AirportKaraj
- TBZTabriz International AirportTabriz
- SYZShiraz Shahid Dastghaib International AirportShiraz
- AWZQasem Soleimani International AirportAhvāz
- KERAyatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani International AirportKerman
- ZAHZahedan International AirportZahedan
- BNDBandar Abbas International AirportBandar Abbas
- ABDAbadan Ayatollah Jami International AirportĀbādān
- XBJBirjand International AirportBīrjand
- KIHKish International AirportKīsh
- GSMQeshm International AirportQeshm
Medium airports · 26
- KSH · Kermanshah
- RAS · Rasht
- OMH · Orūmīyeh
- HDM · Hamadān
- AZD · Yazd
- ADU · Ardabīl
- SDG · Sanandaj
- KHD · Khorramabad
- KKS · Kashan
- DEF · Dezful
- SRY · Sari
- AFZ · Sabzawār
- BJB · Bojnūrd
- BUZ · Bushehr
- MRX · Bandar-e Māhshahr
- RJN · Rafsanjān
- BXR · Bam
- GCH · Dogonbadan
- LRR · Lār
- KHK · Bandar-e Genāveh
- ZBR · Konārak
- NSH · Nowshahr
- RZR · Rāmsar
- BDH · Bandar-e Lengeh
- LFM · Lamerd
- PGU · Nakhl-e Taqī
Photographs
Iran in pictures
TehranPhoto: Amir Pashaei · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
IsfahanPhoto: Pedram forouzanfar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Iran at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)