Kermanshah
City in Iran: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kermanshah Photos M3: Fars News Agency, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kermanshah is a city in Iran, in Kermanshah Province. About 621,100 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Iran in our atlas.
It lies at 34.31° N, 47.06° E, about 1,392 m (4,567 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tehran time zone.
Location
Red dot: Kermanshah. Green dots: other major cities of Iran. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kermanshah has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 37°C (99°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (24°F). Around 349 mm (14 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
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 · 143 km
- Arāk · 243 km
- Ahvaz · 364 km
- Karaj · 397 km
- Rasht · 402 km
- Orūmīyeh · 403 km
- Tabriz · 424 km
- Tehran · 428 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 128226 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q180078 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kermanshah Photos M3: Fars News Agency, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Iran 7749 Kermanshah, Iran (12864602504): Ninara from Helsinki, Finland, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- تکیه بیگلربیگی کرمانشاه: IsoGFX, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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