General Information
Shush in Khuzestan Province is one of the oldest cities in Iran. It located between the Karkheh and Dez rivers, Shush, which was known as Susa in ancient times, was the political capital of the Elamites. Achaemenid King Darius I (550-486 BC) revived the city after the Elamites, creating a grand winter palace for himself named Apadana which was damaged after the invasion of Persia by Alexander of Macedonia (356-323 BC).
Artaxerxes II (435- 358 BC) also built himself a palace near Apadana that has come to be known as Artaxerxes Palace or Shavoor Palace after the river flowing next to it. Sassanid King Shapur II (309- 379 CE) destroyed the city to quash a rebellion by the Christian inhabitants of Shush and built another city in its place the ruins of which are known as Iwan-e Karkheh, meaning the vault or terrace in Persian, near Karkheh River .
Get in and around
The closest major airport to Shus is the Ahvaz or Dezful airport. Air travel is available from/to some major cities.
You can use taxi, however the easiest way to travel is via a hired car and its not expencive.
There are plenty of scheduled bus services from some major cities like Tehran.
Top sights & Things to do
When to visit?
The most popular time to travel is late autumn and winter. Shus has a hot semi-arid climate with extremely hot summers and mild winters. Rainfall is higher than most of southern Iran, but is almost exclusively confined to the period from November to April, though on occasions it can exceed 250 millimetres per month or 600 millimetres per year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| High/Low temperatures |
17°
5°
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21°
7°
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24°
10°
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30°
15°
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39°
20°
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44°
24°
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46°
26°
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45°
25°
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42°
21°
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34°
16°
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26°
11°
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19°
7°
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| Chance of precipitation |
14%
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10%
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10%
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7%
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3%
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0%
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0%
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0%
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1%
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3%
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10%
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12%
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