Drought is one of the most important dangers that has caused many problems for the rural community. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of drought on rural households in Saberi district in Nimroz Township. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of method. Statistical population of the research; the villages of Saberi section of Nimroz city have 5669 families and 22324 people in the general census and population and housing in 2016. 373 samples were selected using Cochran's formula. The validity of the research tool was confirmed by reviewing the relevant experts and professors. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.81 using Cronbach's alpha. One-sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficient, Spearman correlation coefficient, one-way analysis of variance, Tukey post hoc test and multivariate regression were used to analyze the research data. The results of one-sample t-test showed that the economic dimension with an average of 2.867, the social dimension with an average of 2.917 and the environmental dimension with an average of 2.869 were lower than the desired level. In order to investigate the effects of drought on sustainable rural development in the villages of Saberi district, multivariate regression analysis test has been used. The test results showed that drought had the greatest impact on the economic dimension with a beta value of 0.393. Also, the effects of drought on the social dimension with a beta value of 0.163 and on the environmental dimension with a beta value of 0.264 have been significant. Also, the results of Tukey post hoc test showed that large owners are less satisfied with income than small and medium owners.