Parsabad
Persian: پارس آباد | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 39°38′36″N 47°54′46″E / 39.64333°N 47.91278°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Ardabil |
County | Parsabad |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 93,387 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Parsabad at GEOnet Names Server |
Parsabad (Persian: پارس آباد), also Romanized as Pârsâbâd,,[3] also known as Parsabad-Moghan, is a city in the Central District of Parsabad County of Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
At the 2006 census, its population was 81,782 in 17,638 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 88,924 people in 23,045 households.[6] The 2016 census showed a population of 93,387 people in 26,505 households.[2] Parsabad is also Iran's northernmost city.
Parsabad has a cold semi-arid climate (BSk).
Climate data for Parsabad (1984-2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.4 (56.1) |
19.5 (67.1) |
25.4 (77.7) |
31.4 (88.5) |
33.8 (92.8) |
33.1 (91.6) |
27.9 (82.2) |
21.0 (69.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.3 (48.7) |
20.6 (69.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 3.7 (38.7) |
4.8 (40.6) |
8.3 (46.9) |
13.8 (56.8) |
19.2 (66.6) |
24.5 (76.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
16.2 (61.2) |
9.9 (49.8) |
5.2 (41.4) |
15.2 (59.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
0.1 (32.2) |
3.2 (37.8) |
8.1 (46.6) |
12.9 (55.2) |
17.6 (63.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
20.5 (68.9) |
16.7 (62.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
5.6 (42.1) |
1.0 (33.8) |
9.8 (49.6) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 14.8 (0.58) |
18.8 (0.74) |
29.5 (1.16) |
31.7 (1.25) |
34.7 (1.37) |
19.3 (0.76) |
7.3 (0.29) |
7.3 (0.29) |
24.8 (0.98) |
34.4 (1.35) |
28.3 (1.11) |
20.3 (0.80) |
271.2 (10.68) |
Average snowy days | 2.7 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 9.9 |
Average relative humidity (%) | 79 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 83 | 73 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 117.4 | 122.1 | 143.1 | 171.0 | 237.9 | 282.4 | 287.3 | 266.2 | 204.1 | 158.2 | 117.6 | 114.0 | 2,221.3 |
Source: [1] |