Arāk
City in Iran: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
اراک Arak - panoramio: Hamid Hajihusseini, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Arāk is a city in Iran, in Markazi. About 503,647 people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of Iran in our atlas.
It lies at 34.09° N, 49.70° E, about 1,738 m (5,702 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tehran time zone.
Location
Red dot: Arāk. Green dots: other major cities of Iran. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Arāk has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -6°C (21°F). Around 219 mm (9 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in IranNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Hamadān · 134 km
- Karaj · 227 km
- Tehran · 238 km
- Isfahan · 242 km
- Kermanshah · 243 km
- Ahvaz · 322 km
- Rasht · 353 km
- Tabriz · 542 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 143127 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q212628 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- اراک Arak - panoramio: Hamid Hajihusseini, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- سر بینه حمام چهارفصل: Kiantavakoli, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bazar Arak1: Kiantavakoli, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Arak sheykh aboalhasan: Amingt1998, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
