Spot guide Kish Island International Airport
About this spot
Kish is a resort island and free trade zone off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. The island is boasts numerous malls, shopping centres, tourist attractions, and resort hotels.
In 2018, Kish Island was the one of the three most-visited vacation destination in Southwest Asia (the others are being Dubai and Sharm El Sheikh). Tourists from many — but not all — countries for which Iran typically requires a visa are exempt from having to obtain a visa.
Apart from its entertainment and shopping facilities, the island is somewhat famous for snorkeling and scuba-diving opportunities. A variety of other water sports are also available. The island is surrounded by white sandy beaches, but unfortunately women do not have access to most of them, or to the prime snorkeling areas (though there designated are woman-only beaches are).
The island's temperature varies from very hot to moderately hot, mostly humid, with short and heavy rain showers in certain seasons. With roughly 3,100 hours of sun per, there are only a handful of locations in the region that are even more sunny.
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Additional information
General
This is the spotguide for Kish Island International Airport in Hormozgan, Iran. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.
Spot guide
This is the spotguide for Kish Island International Airport in Hormozgan, Iran. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing or paragliding.
Statistics
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Severe Weather Warnings
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