Hamadān
City in Iran: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Iran - Hamedan view from Alvand Mountain - panoramio: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Hamadān is a city in Iran, in Hamadan Province. About 528,256 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Iran in our atlas.
It lies at 34.80° N, 48.51° E, about 1,820 m (5,971 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tehran time zone.
Location
Red dot: Hamadān. Green dots: other major cities of Iran. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Hamadān has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -7°C (20°F). Around 282 mm (11 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
- Arāk · 133 km
- Kermanshah · 143 km
- Karaj · 253 km
- Tehran · 283 km
- Rasht · 292 km
- Isfahan · 374 km
- Ahvaz · 387 km
- Tabriz · 417 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 132144 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q28587 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Iran - Hamedan view from Alvand Mountain - panoramio: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Excavations in Ecbatana: ninara, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Shiresangihamedan: User:دانقولا, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hamedan Museum of Natural History2023-05-18: Abdolrahman Rafati, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
