Tabriz
City in Iran: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Panorama of Tabriz: Hoseinb007, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tabriz is a city in Iran, in East Azerbaijan. About 1.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Iran in our atlas.
It lies at 38.08° N, 46.29° E, about 1,396 m (4,580 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Tehran time zone.
Location
Red dot: Tabriz. Green dots: other major cities of Iran. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tabriz has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -8°C (18°F). Around 237 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
- Orūmīyeh · 121 km
- Rasht · 302 km
- Hamadān · 413 km
- Kermanshah · 423 km
- Karaj · 480 km
- Tehran · 521 km
- Arāk · 533 km
- Isfahan · 764 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 113646 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q80053 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Panorama of Tabriz: Hoseinb007, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- GRAND BAZAR OF TABRIZ: Rei nikoo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sahand Stadium: Nshervsampad at Persian Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Azerbaijan Museum, Tabriz, Iran, entrance: Navid Sadighi, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- ساختمان راه آهن تبریز: Faridislami tabriz, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Qajar musem: Behrad.52.2020, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mount Own ibn Ali: Elmju, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Municipality of Tabriz: Mehdi kh, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- House-of-Constitutional-Revolution: Shervinafshar, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
