The Best Time to Travel to Yazd

Travel to Yazd , the Second Most Historic City in the World!

Yazd is famous for its mudbrick architecture and badgirs (wind towers) which are consistent elements to the hot and dry climate of the region. Thus, the best time to travel to Yazd is the cool and cold seasons; i.e. early autumn, winter and spring. However, a summer trip to this historic city and the surrounding desert is not recommended. Historic city of Yazd is always fluctuating in terms of climate and temperature, reaching its peak in summer and winter, even during the day and night. In fact, it can be said that Yazd has two seasons: one hot long season from March to October with the warmest temperature of 45 degrees centigrade, and a short cold season from November to late February with the coldest temperature of 1 degree centigrade.

Yazd , A Dream Destination in Nowruz

Yazd is the first adobe city in the world and the second most historic city in the world. It is the only World Heritage City in Iran. Some of the characteristics of Yazd are exclusive and superlative. For example, it has the most extensive historical texture, the loftiest badgir, the longest qanat, the oldest mosque, etc. and it can be called the “Treasure of History of Iran". The historic city of Yazd hosts a large number of domestic and international tourists every year. It is a calm and touristy city with unique beauties, especially in the spring which makes you feel good travelling to the heart of history.

In Yazd and in the central cities of Iran, you can see the exhibition of Iranian artistic taste of hundreds of years ago. The narrow adobe alleys are arranged in a way that everyone likes to get lost in them and be found again.

Nowruz Excursion in Yazd

The nature of Yazd in the spring and the Nowruz (Persian New Year) has a different climate; lush trees, pleasant spring breezes, and charming singing of birds along the trees of the gardens, along with the excitement of crowds of domestic and international tourists awake the city from hibernation. 

In addition to the city of Yazd, its surrounding towns are also fresh in spring, reaching the peak of their beauty and vitality. When travelers and tourists go to the villages around Yazd, what they can experience is much far away from the nature of a desert region. 

The closest green and cool town to Yazd is Taft which is famous for its pomegranate gardens, Darehgahan waterfall, Sadri Garden, Tamehr Spring and large alluring parks. Taft is a really beautiful and must-see city. If you are travelling to Yazd in Spring and Autumn, we do recommend you not to miss a visit to this garden city. 

After visiting Taft, you are suggested to visit the town of Mehriz to see Gharbalbiz Spring, Damgahan Waterfall, Pahlavanpour Garden which give you the joy of natural music of water. There are lush green trees and nice parks and gardens in different places of Mehriz. Ardakan, Meybod, Abarkuh and other towns in Yazd Province also have their own unique beauties that display most aspects of the history and art of creative local people of Yazd. Despite the charming nature, you can enjoy the world-famous handicrafts and souvenirs in these cities.

Nowruz in Yazd 

Like other Iranians, the people in Yazd have their own customs and traditions during the Nowruz (the first days of a new year); however, some of these customs are same or similar to the customs of the other cities in the country. 

The most important of these customs is Chaharshanbe Suri. The last Wednesday of the Persian year is called Chaharshanbe Suri. In this festival, people gather in a wide open-air area, make some fire, and jump over the fire. Fire was believed by ancient Iranians to purify things out of pollution so, people jump over the fire to get purified and ready for the new year. Before Nowruz, people try to clean their houses, which is called in everyday Farsi as Khoone-Tekooni, bake cakes and sweet bread, purchase new clothes specially for children. So if you travel to Iran specially Yazd at Nowruz eve, you will be amazed by crowd of people shopping new things for their houses and themselves as they believe that everything should change into new in new year. 

Autumn; The Right Time to Visit Desert

As the autumn approaches, Yazd will show its beautiful and amazing side attracting many tourists especially international tourists to itself. Travel to Yazd in Autumn but before starting your trip, make sure that you have finalized your hotel reservation in advance.

The weather in Yazd from mid-September gets moderate. It is not as hot as it is in southern provinces nor as cold as it is in northern and western provinces in the country. It is just pleasant and right to visit Yazd and wander in its old city. A trip to Yazd in autumn is highly suggested.

Experience Four Seasons in A Single Autumn Day

If you want to watch the beauty of 4 seasons in one day, travel to Yazd in an autumn day to enjoy a cool Spring breeze in the morning, Summer heat at noon, Autumn wind and rain in the evening, and Winter coldness at night. That is what really desert is. In these autumn days, when the leaves fall, saffron flowers in the fields and colorful fruits show themselves through the bare branches of trees. In any town in Yazd Province, you can find some autumn fruit trees for example pistachio trees in Bafq, Mehriz and Ardakan, quince trees and saffron fields in Bahabad, olive groves in Yazd, pomegranate gardens in Taft and Ashkezar, and etc. each of which presents an exquisite view of a colorful Autumn.

Spend some time in historic Persian gardens in Yazd to feel the beauty of magnificent scene created by colorful fruit trees and fallen leaves crackling when walked on. 

Autumn Is the Best Season to Visit Yazd Desert

Since the weather is great in Autumn, it is the best time for camping in Yazd desert where you can have a campfire at night, sit round the fire, put potatoes under the fire to be grilled, drink a cup of tea brewed over fire, and eat a bowl of Shooli.

The most famous desert camps in Yazd include Sinbad, Shen-o Shaden, Fahraj, Baran, and Rig-e Zarrin camps.

All these natural beside famous historical attractions make it possible for Yazd to have the most number of travelers and tourists in Spring and Fall.