Kuhdasht

For the administrative divisions of Lorestan province, see Kuhdasht County, Kuhdasht-e Jonubi Rural District, and Kuhdasht-e Shomali Rural District. For other places with a similar name, see Kuhdasht.

Kuhdasht (Persian: كوهدشت)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Kuhdasht County, Lorestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county^[4] and the district.

Kuhdasht Persian: كوهدشت
City
Kuhdasht
Coordinates: 33°31′46″N 47°36′33″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Lorestan
County	Kuhdasht
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	89,091
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Countryside near Kuhdasht

Demographics

Language and religion

The people of the city speak Laki Kurdish and are Shia Muslim.^[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 85,519 in 58,087 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 92,927 people in 22,819 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 89,091 people in 24,347 households.^[2]

Climate

Climate data for Kuhdasht
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	8.2 (46.8)	10.7 (51.3)	15.6 (60.1)	21.1 (70.0)	27.4 (81.3)	34.6 (94.3)	38.5 (101.3)	37.9 (100.2)	33.8 (92.8)	26.2 (79.2)	17.8 (64.0)	10.8 (51.4)	23.6 (74.4)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−3.0 (26.6)	−1.5 (29.3)	2.4 (36.3)	6.5 (43.7)	10.1 (50.2)	13.4 (56.1)	17.6 (63.7)	16.8 (62.2)	12.1 (53.8)	7.8 (46.0)	3.0 (37.4)	−0.8 (30.6)	7.0 (44.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	73.8 (2.91)	65.1 (2.56)	81.6 (3.21)	70 (2.8)	35.7 (1.41)	1.2 (0.05)	0.7 (0.03)	0.1 (0.00)	0.4 (0.02)	18.2 (0.72)	48.6 (1.91)	71.7 (2.82)	467.1 (18.44)
Average snowfall cm (inches)	15.6 (6.1)	11.9 (4.7)	5.7 (2.2)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.1 (0.0)	5.0 (2.0)	38.3 (15)
Average rainy days	8.9	7.9	11	11.1	5.3	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.5	5.1	7.5	7.7	66.1
Average snowy days	5.5	5.3	1.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	1.7	14.4
Average relative humidity (%)	71.8	66.9	58.7	53.1	43.4	25.6	21.4	21.8	24.1	37.7	56	68.5	45.8
Average dew point °C (°F)	−2.0 (28.4)	−1.0 (30.2)	1.3 (34.3)	4.4 (39.9)	6.0 (42.8)	3.1 (37.6)	3.9 (39.0)	3.6 (38.5)	1.3 (34.3)	2.5 (36.5)	2.0 (35.6)	−0.3 (31.5)	2.1 (35.7)
Mean daily sunshine hours	5.4	6.4	6.7	7.5	9.3	12.5	12.3	11.8	11.1	8.9	7	5.6	8.7
Percentage possible sunshine	49	53.9	52.2	54.4	63.2	81.7	81.4	82.4	84	72.9	61.6	51.5	65.7
Average ultraviolet index	2	3	3	5	6	7	7	7	5	4	3	2	5
Source: Weatherbase,[8] Weather2visit(temperatures),[9] Weather Atlas(snow-UV-rainy days)[10]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Kūhdasht and Kūh-ī-Dasht; Kurdish: کوێیەشت, romanized as Kwêyeşt^[3]