🏞 Of the land area, 33.7% has a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS), 43% has a arid/ desert climate (BW), 23.3% has a alpine/ highland climate (H).
🧜 Of the population, 41.7% live in a semi-arid/ steppe climate (BS), 20.7% live in a arid/ desert climate (BW), 37.6% live in a alpine/ highland climate (H).
Location | Lat. | Long. | Alt. m(ft) | Climate | Biome | Av. Temp. | Precip. |
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Tabriz | 38°5'N | 46°17'E | 1361 (4465) | BSk | Cool temperate steppe | 12 (53) | 311 (12) |
Oroomieh | 37°39'N | 45°3'E | 1328 (4357) | BSk | Cool temperate steppe | 11 (52) | 346 (14) |
Bandar Anzali | 37°28'N | 49°27'E | -24 (-79) | Cfa | Warm temperate moist forest | 16 (61) | 1819 (72) |
Rasht | 37°19'N | 49°37'E | -9 (-30) | Csa | Subtropical moist forest | 16 (61) | 1356 (53) |
Ramsar | 36°54'N | 50°40'E | -20 (-66) | Csa | Cool temperate wet forest | 16 (60) | 1229 (48) |
Babolsar | 36°43'N | 52°39'E | -21 (-69) | Csa | Subtropical thorn woodland | 17 (62) | 885 (35) |
Zanjan | 36°41'N | 48°29'E | 1663 (5456) | BSk | Cool temperate steppe | 12 (53) | 315 (12) |
Shahroud | 36°25'N | 54°57'E | 1349 (4426) | BWk | Cool temperate moist forest | 15 (58) | 168 (7) |
Mashhad | 36°16'N | 59°38'E | 999 (3278) | BSk | Cool temperate desert scrub | 14 (56) | 256 (10) |
Teheran | 35°41'N | 51°19'E | 1191 (3907) | BSk | Warm temperate thorn steppe | 17 (63) | 230 (9) |
Semnan | 35°35'N | 53°25'E | 1127 (3698) | BWh | Cool temperate moist forest | 18 (65) | 140 (5) |
Kermanshah | 34°21'N | 47°9'E | 1319 (4327) | Csa | Cool temperate steppe | 14 (58) | 479 (19) |
Arak | 34°4'N | 49°47'E | 1703 (5587) | Csa | Warm temperate thorn steppe | 14 (56) | 346 (14) |
Khoram Abad | 33°26'N | 48°17'E | 1148 (3766) | Csa | Warm temperate thorn steppe | 18 (64) | 513 (20) |
Birjand | 32°52'N | 59°12'E | 1491 (4892) | BWk | Warm temperate desert scrub | 17 (63) | 169 (7) |
Esfahan | 32°31'N | 51°42'E | 1550 (5087) | BWk | Warm temperate desert scrub | 16 (61) | 113 (4) |
Dezful | 32°15'N | 48°24'E | 83 (272) | BSh | Subtropical desert scrub | 24 (76) | 384 (15) |
Yazd | 31°54'N | 54°17'E | 1237 (4058) | BWh | Warm temperate desert scrub | 19 (66) | 60 (2) |
Abadan | 30°22'N | 48°15'E | 6 (20) | BWh | Subtropical desert scrub | 25 (78) | 149 (6) |
Kerman | 30°15'N | 56°58'E | 1754 (5755) | BWk | Warm temperate desert scrub | 17 (63) | 142 (6) |
Shiraz | 29°32'N | 52°36'E | 1484 (4869) | BSk | Warm temperate thorn steppe | 18 (64) | 306 (12) |
Zahedan | 29°28'N | 60°53'E | 1370 (4495) | BWh | Warm temperate desert scrub | 18 (65) | 82 (3) |
Bushehr | 28°58'N | 50°49'E | 23 (75) | BWh | - | 24 (76) | 229 (9) |
Bandar Abbas | 27°13'N | 56°22'E | 10 (33) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 27 (81) | 171 (7) |
Iranshahr | 27°12'N | 60°42'E | 591 (1939) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 28 (82) | 115 (5) |
Bandar Lengeh | 26°31'N | 54°49'E | 23 (75) | BWh | Tropical desert scrub | 28 (82) | 138 (5) |
Chahbahar | 25°17'N | 60°37'E | 8 (26) | BWh | Subtropical desert | 27 (80) | 117 (5) |
Iran Average | 32°59'N | 52°40'E | 842 (2764) | BWh | Warm temperate desert scrub | 18 (65) | 391 (15) |