Tehran Webcam – Watch Iran’s Capital Under the Alborz

The Tehran Webcam page carries two live multi-camera grids from the Middle East, and each one gives part of its screen to Iran’s capital. The main player, from InquizeX, splits into ten tiles. Several are labeled Tehran, among them a rooftop view toward a long mountain ridge with a tall radio mast in front, while the others show Isfahan, southern Lebanon, Israel and Kuwait. The second tab, from Intel Cams, gives its largest Tehran tile to a hazy skyline with Milad Tower standing above the rooftops. Both grids run a clock and a scrolling headline ticker, and tiles change as feeds drop out and new ones are added, so Tehran fills only part of the picture at any moment.

Intel Cams says its CCTV feeds are acquired from public sources, that some camera locations may be inexact, and that parts of a frame are blurred or pixelated on purpose to hide a camera’s position and any air defense sites in view. The headlines in both tickers are written by the channels, not by this site.

About Tehran

Tehran has been Iran’s capital since 1786, when the Qajar ruler Agha Mohammad Khan made it his seat of government. It counted 8,693,706 people at the 2016 census and is divided into 22 municipal districts, with a far larger metropolitan area around it. The city spreads over ground between 1,040 and 2,040 meters (3,410 and 6,690 feet) above sea level, and the Alborz range forms its northern edge. Tochal Peak, the highest point at the southern end of the range, reaches 3,963 meters (13,002 feet).

The needle on the Intel Cams tile is Milad Tower, which the channel labels on screen. It stands 435 meters (1,427 feet) to the tip of its antenna, making it the sixth-tallest freestanding tower in the world. Construction finished in 2007 and the tower opened on October 7, 2008, between the Shahrak-e Gharb and Gisha neighborhoods. Its 12-floor head, with a roof at 315 meters (1,033 feet), holds a revolving restaurant, a public art gallery and both open and closed observation decks, and the tower is part of the International Trade and Convention Center of Tehran.

The InquizeX tiles stay at rooftop height. One looks past a radio mast, palms and a few apartment blocks to a mountain wall behind them, another looks across low white residential buildings, and a third frames a slender tower among apartment blocks. The channels do not say where in the city these cameras are mounted.

Weather and Climate in Tehran

Tehran has a cold semi-arid climate. At the Mehrabad weather station, 1,191 meters (3,907 feet) above sea level, July averages highs of 36.9°C (98°F) and lows of 25.2°C (77°F), and summer passes with almost no rain. Spring and autumn are milder: April averages 22.3°C (72°F) by day and 12.6°C (55°F) at night, and October 24.6°C (76°F) and 14.8°C (59°F). On the late October day this page was checked, haze softened the mountain ridge behind the rooftops and left the sky over it pale.

Winter is short but cold. January averages 8.5°C (47°F) by day and 1.3°C (34°F) at night, and Mehrabad records about 12 snowy days a year. Higher ground gets more: the Tehran-Shomal station, at 1,549 meters (5,082 feet), averages about 20 snowy days. Rain is scarce all year, around 239 millimeters (9.4 inches) at Mehrabad, with March the wettest month.

Things to Do in Tehran

The US, UK and Canadian governments all advise against travel to Iran, so for now most people know the city’s landmarks from photographs and from feeds like these. The best known is Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Saadabad and Niavaran complexes were royal residences built under Iran’s last two monarchies, and Azadi Tower was built under the Pahlavi dynasty to mark 2,500 years of the Imperial State of Iran.

Newer landmarks include Tabiat Bridge, completed in 2014, the 54-story Tehran International Tower and the observation decks in the head of Milad Tower. For the performing arts there is the City Theater of Tehran, opened in 1972, and Roodaki Hall, inaugurated in October 1967. Older sites in the wider city include Toqrol Tower in Ray, Rashkan Castle and the Bahram fire temple, while Tochal Peak rises above the city’s northern edge.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Tehran located?

Tehran is the capital of Iran and of Tehran Province. The city lies at the southern foot of the Alborz range, between 1,040 and 2,040 meters (3,410 and 6,690 feet) above sea level.

What can you see on the Tehran Webcam?

Two grids. The main InquizeX player has ten tiles, several labeled Tehran: a rooftop view with a radio mast and a mountain ridge behind it, low white apartment buildings, and a slender tower among apartment blocks. The Intel Cams tab gives one large tile to the Tehran skyline with Milad Tower. The rest of each grid shows other places, including Isfahan, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Kuwait. Layouts change, so the number and order of Tehran tiles varies.

Does the webcam show downtown Tehran?

Not at street level. None of the Tehran tiles looks down onto a street, square or bazaar. They look across rooftops and the skyline from high points whose locations the channels do not give, and Intel Cams adds that some camera locations may be inexact.

Is there a webcam at Tehran airport?

No. Neither grid carried an airport camera when this page was checked, and the Tehran tiles show rooftops, a mountain ridge and Milad Tower rather than runways or terminals.

How tall is Milad Tower?

Milad Tower is 435 meters (1,427 feet) tall to the tip of its antenna, the sixth-tallest freestanding tower in the world. Its head has 12 floors, with the roof at 315 meters (1,033 feet), and the tower opened in October 2008.

What is the weather like in Tehran?

Hot and dry in summer, cold in winter, and mild in spring and autumn. At Mehrabad, July averages 36.9°C (98°F) by day and January 8.5°C (47°F), and the city gets only about 239 millimeters (9.4 inches) of rain a year.

Does it snow in Tehran?

Yes, on a handful of days each winter. Mehrabad averages about 12 snowy days a year and the higher Tehran-Shomal station about 20, so the higher parts of the city see snow more often.

Why is the Tehran Webcam not showing anything right now?

Usually because a feed has dropped out. Intel Cams says its cameras come from public sources, are subject to disruptions, and cannot be watched and fixed around the clock by its one-person team. Iranian tiles have also gone dark during internet blackouts: in January 2026 the Intel Cams stream noted that very few cameras from Iran were available for that reason. On the InquizeX grid, a dead feed shows a placeholder logo in its tile.

Source: InquizeX and Intel Cams