General Information
Arak is the capital of Markazi Province in Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 526,182, in 160,761 families.
A major industrial city, Arak hosts several industrial factories inside and within few kilometers outside of the city, including the factory of Machine Sazi Arak and the Iranian Aluminium Company. These factories produce nearly half of the needs of the country in steel, petrochemical, and locomotive industries. As an industrial city in a developing country, Arak is subject to the issue of air pollution.
Get in and around
There are daily flights from Tehran and there are many flight from other major cities in week.
Connected to motorways. You should drive to Qom from Tehran then go to Arak.
If you want go there from Tehran you should go to bus terminal located in Argentina street located in tehran.
There are multiple daily trains from Tehran, with a travel time of around five hours, as well as regional trains from nearby cities.
Top sights & Things to do
When to visit?
A common time to visit is during the spring. The climate in Arak is cold and temperate. The winters are rainier than the summers in Arak. In Arak, the average annual temperature is 11.8 °C. Precipitation here averages 316 mm. With an average of 26.1 °C, July is the warmest month. The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January, when it is around -5.5 °C. The driest month is June. There is 1 mm of precipitation in June. The greatest amount of precipitation occurs in December, with an average of 74 mm.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
High/Low temperatures |
4°
-6°
|
8°
-3°
|
14°
2°
|
20°
8°
|
25°
12°
|
32°
17°
|
36°
20°
|
35°
19°
|
31°
14°
|
23°
9°
|
14°
2°
|
8°
-2°
|
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Chance of precipitation |
14%
|
14%
|
15%
|
18%
|
12%
|
4%
|
2%
|
1%
|
1%
|
5%
|
13%
|
14%
|