Region · Iran
Best time to visit Golestan Province
This guide covers 4 destinations in Golestan Province, a first-level administrative division of Iran. The largest by population are Gorgan, Gonbad-e Kavus and Bandar Torkaman. Across its destinations, April and October are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Sari Dasht-e Naz International Airport (SRY).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Comfortable in the most places
- April and October
- Main airport
- SRYSari Dasht-e Naz International Airport
- Currency
- IRRIranian rial
- Time zone
- Asia/Tehran
Destinations
Destinations in Golestan Province
Every destination in this guide in Golestan Province, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gorgan | 350,676 | SRY · 113 km | |
| Gonbad-e Kavus | 151,910 | ||
| Bandar Torkaman | 53,970 | SRY · 84 km | |
| Aliabad-e Katul | 52,838 |
When to go
Best time to visit Golestan Province
From the climate of 4 destinations in Golestan Province with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: April and October.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 4 | 9 °C | 26 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | 11 °C | 26 mm |
| March | 1 of 4 | 16 °C | 32 mm |
| April | 4 of 4 | 21 °C | 27 mm |
| May | 3 of 4 | 27 °C | 17 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 7 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 34 °C | 6 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 34 °C | 5 mm |
| September | 1 of 4 | 30 °C | 8 mm |
| October | 4 of 4 | 24 °C | 14 mm |
| November | 1 of 4 | 16 °C | 22 mm |
| December | 0 of 4 | 10 °C | 21 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Golestan Province
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Golestan Province name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
SRY · Sari Dasht-e Naz International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Golestan Province, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
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Nearby
Regions near Golestan Province
Other regions of Iran with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.