IranIsland

Hormuz Island

40.7 km² of land in the Persian Gulf.

When to go

Hormoz

N 1 km

BeachesFerry portsCastles & forts

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

40.7km²

Area

30km

Coastline

187m

Highest point

3,000

People

32°C

Warmest sea

August

7km

To the mainland

When to go to Hormuz Island

Best for the beach from March to April and from November to December.

The sea is warmest in August (32 °C) and coolest in February (22 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

23°22°16°

Jan4

22°24°17°

Feb3

23°27°20°

Mar4

25°31°23°

Apr1

28°36°27°

May0

31°38°30°

Jun0

32°38°31°

Jul0

32°37°31°

Aug0

32°36°29°

Sep0

30°34°27°

Oct1

27°29°22°

Nov1

25°24°18°

Dec2

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in Bandar Abbas County, Iran

Hormuz Island is an island in Iran. It covers 40.7 km², with 30 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 187 m. About 3,000 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 7 km away.

Getting there

Bandar Abbas International Airport (BND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight lineCar hire in Ras Al KhaimahDiscover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesBandar Abbas - Hormoz, Qeshm - Hormoz
7 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From March to April and from November to Decemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Hormuz Island.

6beachesRed Beach and 5 more
6viewpointsSunset Abyss, Silver beach, Rainbow valley and 3 more
1ferry terminals
1marinas
1castles and fortsPortuguese Castle
2campsitesmofanegh beach
16hotels, guesthouses and apartments
19restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Hormuz Island in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Hormuz Island, each with its own numbers.

9mountainsPeakyas

9 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

Kūh-e Kolāh-e Rostam
Kūh-e Asb-e Rostam
Kūh-e Şūrat
Kūh-e Ganj
Kūh-e Hāshbar
Kūh-e Gūgerd
Kūh-e Mofnakh
Kūh-e Sabz

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 60 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

46 %0–50 m
54 %50–200 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Hormuz Island41 km²

Manhattan54 km²

Santorini76 km²

5 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

Hormoz5,891 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	22	24	27	31	36	38	38	37	36	34	29	24
Night low (°C)	16	17	20	23	27	30	31	31	29	27	22	18
Sea (°C)	23	22	23	25	28	31	32	32	32	30	27	25
Rain (mm)	31	15	24	6	1	8	2	0	1	3	10	15
Wet days	4	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Sun h/day	7.6	7.9	9.1	10.1	11.5	11.7	10.4	10.2	10.0	9.6	8.5	7.8
Wind (km/h)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	11	12

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.6	+0.3	+0.2	+0.4	+0.8	+0.9	+0.6	+0.3	+0.4	−0.5	−0.1	+0.6
2021	±0.0	+1.0	+1.1	+1.4	+1.1	+0.4	−0.1	+0.4	+0.5	+0.7	+0.4	+0.6
2022	+0.1	±0.0	+1.6	+2.1	+0.7	+0.7	+0.2	+0.2	+0.4	+0.7	+0.9	+0.9
2023	−0.2	+0.4	+1.6	+0.8	+1.1	+0.9	+0.9	+0.9	+0.7	+1.3	+1.2	+1.2
2024	+1.4	+1.0	+0.6	+0.5	+1.1	+1.9	+1.5	−0.1	+0.8	+1.0	+1.4	±0.0
2025	−0.3	±0.0	+0.5	+1.9	+1.7	+1.7	+0.6	±0.0	+0.3	+0.6	+0.1	+0.4

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Hormuz Island 20180920 09 — Alireza Bahari · CC BY 4.0

Hormuz Island beach — FAZEL77 (photo by : Fazel.Mabeyni)فاضل مابینی · CC BY-SA 3.0

Hormozgan Province, Hormuz, Unnamed Road, Iran - panoramio (1) — ‫سید محمود جوادی‬‎ · CC BY 3.0

Hormozgan Province, Hormuz, Unnamed Road, Iran - panoramio (3) — alirezaseydabady · CC BY 3.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Larak Island

Iran48 km²81 m26 km away

Qeshm Island

Iran1,474 km²326 m76 km away

Hengam Island

Iran33 km²102 m76 km away

Telegraph Island

Oman0.01 km²8 m98 km away

Abu Musa Island

United Arab Emirates13 km²68 m195 km away

Kish Island

Iran91 km²45 m254 km away

Sirri Island

Iran16 km²36 m231 km away

Palm Jumeirah

United Arab Emirates7.7 km²28 m254 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q695265) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0