Rasht
City in Iran: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Panorama of Rasht municipality 1: Mostafa Yekrangi, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Rasht is a city in Iran, in Gilan Province. About 594,590 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Iran in our atlas.
It lies at 37.28° N, 49.59° E, about 4 m (13 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tehran time zone.
Location
Red dot: Rasht. Green dots: other major cities of Iran. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Rasht has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 5°C (41°F). Around 1,019 mm (40 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
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
- Karaj · 203 km
- Tehran · 239 km
- Hamadān · 291 km
- Tabriz · 305 km
- Arāk · 353 km
- Kermanshah · 397 km
- Orūmīyeh · 400 km
- Isfahan · 545 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 118743 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q178373 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
