Chabahar Travel Guide

Travel Guide to Chabahar

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General Information

Chabahar is a city in and capital of Chah Bahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province in Iran. Chabahar is a free port (Free Trade Zone) on the coast of the Gulf of Oman. At the 2014 census, its population was 120,000. Chabahar is Iran's southernmost city.

Based on Wikipedia, Chabahar is situated on the Makran Coast of the Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran and is officially designated as a Free Trade and Industrial Zone by Iran's government. Due to its free trade zone status, the city has increased in significance in international trade. The overwhelming majority of the city's inhabitants are ethnic Baluch who speak the Baluchi language.

The county of Chabahar has hot, humid weather in the summer and warm weather in the winter, giving it a hot desert climate. The western winds in the winter bring about scattered rainfalls in this region, and very occasionally winds from the Indian monsoon affect the region, as in July 1976 when 46.6 millimetres (1.8 in) fell. In most years around 100 millimetres (3.9 in) will fall; however a positive Indian Ocean Dipole in 1997/1998 led to a record total of 470 millimetres (18.5 in); in contrast between July 2000 and June 2002 only 57.5 millimetres (2.3 in) fell in two years.

Get in and around

Chabahar has an Airport. Several cities of Iran have flights to Chabahar including Zahedan and Tehran.

Chabahar is connected to major cities such as Bandar Abbas, through a road which runs along coast of Oman sea. It is also connected to Zahedan.

There are plenty of scheduled bus services from some major cities.

Bandar Abbas is accessible by train from Tehran and Isfahan. Then you will have a road trip to Chabahar.

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When to visit?

The most popular time to visit is during the winter and first of spring (Nov–Mar). The county of Chabahar has hot, humid weather in the summer and warm weather in the winter, giving it a hot desert climate. The western winds in the winter bring about scattered rainfalls in this region, and very occasionally winds from the Indian monsoon affect the region, as in July 1976 when 46.6 millimetres (1.8 in) fell. The summer monsoon winds from the Indian subcontinent make Chabahar the coolest southern port in the summer and the warmest port of Iran in the winter. It has an average maximum temperature of 34 °C and an average minimum temperature of 21.5 °C. It has the same latitude as Miami in Florida, USA, and temperatures are very similar to those in Miami.

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
High/Low temperatures
23°
15°
24°
16°
27°
19°
30°
22°
33°
26°
34°
28°
34°
28°
32°
27°
32°
25°
31°
23°
29°
19°
27°
16°
Chance of precipitation
6%
5%
4%
2%
0%
1%
0%
1%
0%
1%
3%
4%
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