
General Information
Ramsar is a city in and the capital of Ramsar County, Mazandaran Province in Iran. At the 2012 census, its population was 33,018, in 9,421 families.
Ramsar lies on the coast of the Caspian Sea. It was also known as Sakhtsar in the past. The native people in Ramsar are Gilaks although there are also Mazandarani people living there. They speak the Gilaki language (eastern dialect) although the style they speak has been influenced by the Mazandarani language, making it slightly different than the Gilaki (eastern dialect) spoken in Gilan.
Get in and around
You can go to Ramsar by flight from Tehran, Noshahr and Rasht.
Connected to motorways. You can use taxi, however the easiest way to travel is via a hired car and its not expencive.
You would just have to say that you want to go to north, buses are ready in entire Iran.
Top sights & Things to do
When to visit?
A common time to visit is during the spring and late summer. The climate in Ramsar is warm and temperate. In winter, there is much more rainfall in Ramsar than in summer. The average annual temperature in Ramsar is 15.6 °C. The rainfall here averages 1142 mm. The driest month is July, with 29 mm of rain. Most precipitation falls in October, with an average of 210 mm. August is the warmest month of the year. The temperature in August averages 24.9 °C. In February, the average temperature is 6.7 °C. It is the lowest average temperature of the whole year. There is a difference of 181 mm of precipitation between the driest and wettest months. The average temperatures vary during the year by 18.2 °C.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
High/Low temperatures |
11°
3°
|
12°
3°
|
13°
4°
|
18°
8°
|
22°
11°
|
28°
16°
|
30°
19°
|
30°
20°
|
28°
17°
|
23°
13°
|
19°
9°
|
14°
5°
|
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Chance of precipitation |
25%
|
25%
|
20%
|
16%
|
11%
|
7%
|
8%
|
13%
|
22%
|
30%
|
32%
|
22%
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