# Iranshahr, Iran

Iranshahr (Persian: ايرانشهر and Balochi: ایرانشهر) is a city in the Central District of Iranshahr County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is near the borderlands between Iran and Pakistan where Baloch people live.
Pahrah (present-day Iranshahr) is the site where Alexander the Great celebrated with and regrouped his troops after his Indian conquests. Bampur, where the ancient Bampur fort is located, is near the city.

## Demographics
### Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 99,496 in 17,698 households. The following census in 2011 counted 97,012 people in 22,676 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 113,750 people in 27,248 households.

## Climate

Iranshahr has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh) with extremely hot summers and mild winters. Precipitation is very low, and mostly falls in winter.
Climate data for Iranshahr (1991–2020, extremes 1964–2020) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31.0 (87.8) | 36.4 (97.5) | 39.7 (103.5) | 43.2 (109.8) | 48.0 (118.4) | 49.3 (120.7) | 49.0 (120.2) | 50.0 (122.0) | 47.0 (116.6) | 44.0 (111.2) | 37.0 (98.6) | 33.2 (91.8) | 50.0 (122.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 28.8 (83.8) | 35.4 (95.7) | 41.0 (105.8) | 44.3 (111.7) | 44.4 (111.9) | 43.3 (109.9) | 40.6 (105.1) | 35.5 (95.9) | 28.7 (83.7) | 23.6 (74.5) | 34.3 (93.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) | 17.5 (63.5) | 22.1 (71.8) | 28.4 (83.1) | 34.1 (93.4) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.8 (100.0) | 36.4 (97.5) | 33.3 (91.9) | 28.1 (82.6) | 21.3 (70.3) | 16.3 (61.3) | 27.3 (81.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 8.5 (47.3) | 11.1 (52.0) | 15.2 (59.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 25.9 (78.6) | 29.7 (85.5) | 31.1 (88.0) | 29.2 (84.6) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.4 (68.7) | 14.3 (57.7) | 9.7 (49.5) | 20.1 (68.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −2.0 (28.4) | −1.0 (30.2) | 4.0 (39.2) | 10.0 (50.0) | 14.4 (57.9) | 21.2 (70.2) | 22.0 (71.6) | 20.0 (68.0) | 14.0 (57.2) | 8.0 (46.4) | 2.0 (35.6) | −6.0 (21.2) | −6.0 (21.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 21.2 (0.83) | 19.2 (0.76) | 18.9 (0.74) | 5.8 (0.23) | 1.8 (0.07) | 4.7 (0.19) | 7.3 (0.29) | 5.1 (0.20) | 0.8 (0.03) | 3.6 (0.14) | 2.7 (0.11) | 12.8 (0.50) | 103.9 (4.09) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 13.2 |
| Average rainy days | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 3.0 | 22.8 |
| Average snowy days | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 44.0 | 39.0 | 34.0 | 24.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 28.0 | 36.0 | 27.2 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 0.6 (33.1) | 1.7 (35.1) | 3.1 (37.6) | 3.9 (39.0) | 5.4 (41.7) | 7.2 (45.0) | 10.3 (50.5) | 7.6 (45.7) | 4.2 (39.6) | 2.6 (36.7) | 0.8 (33.4) | −0.6 (30.9) | 3.9 (39.0) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 248 | 234 | 255 | 283 | 319 | 312 | 298 | 306 | 306 | 310 | 278 | 261 | 3,410 |
| Source: NOAA(rainy days and snow days 1964-1990) ||||||||||||||