General Information
Lahijan is a Caspian sea resort in and the capital of Lahijan County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 167,544 in 58,378 families. The resort Lahijan has both traditional and modern architecture. The town, which has an Iranian-European urban structure, lies on the northern slope of the Alborz mountains. Its culture and climatic favorable condition have made Lahijan a major tourist hub in northern Iran. The city is basically founded on the sediments remaining from big rivers in Gilan, including the Sefid-Rud (White River).
Historically, the city was the major business center and of course the capital of East Gilan during the time of special rulers. Lahijan has also been a tourism hub of the Islamic world during different eras in Iran's history.
Get in and around
The closest major airport to Lahijan is the Rasht 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 Tehran.
Top sights & Things to do
When to visit?
The most popular time to travel is during the spring and late summer. The climate is warm and temperate in Lahijan. The winters are rainier than the summers in Lahijan. The average annual temperature in Lahijan is 15.8 °C. The rainfall here averages 1228 mm. The driest month is July, with 36 mm of rainfall. The greatest amount of precipitation occurs in October, with an average of 216 mm. The warmest month of the year is August, with an average temperature of 24.8 °C. The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January, when it is around 7.2 °C. The difference in precipitation between the driest month and the wettest month is 180 mm. The variation in temperatures throughout the year is 17.6 °C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| High/Low temperatures |
11°
3°
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12°
3°
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13°
5°
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18°
9°
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24°
13°
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28°
17°
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30°
19°
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30°
20°
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27°
17°
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22°
13°
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18°
9°
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14°
5°
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chance of precipitation |
27%
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28%
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21%
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18%
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14%
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8%
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7%
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12%
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21%
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32%
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35%
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22%
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