Climate averages 1991–2020
Lankaran weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Lankaran: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lerik (38 km away). In May its highs average 18.8°C, 1.8°C cooler than Lankaran, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Lankaran ranks joint 6th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 22.0°C; Lankaran is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lankaran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 117 | 14.6 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 113 | 13.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 102 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 83 | 14.0 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 20.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 69 | 12.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 35 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 27.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 27 | 4.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 45 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 128 | 11.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 206 | 15.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 187 | 16.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 10.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 130 | 14.8 | 9.510 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Lerik in MayAzerbaijan · 38 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Ardabīl in MayIran · 74 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Meshgīn Shahr in MayIran · 109 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Pārsābād in MayIran · 128 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Şirvan in MayAzerbaijan · 132 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in MayIran · 152 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Ahar in MayIran · 158 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Rasht in MayIran · 177 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 55 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lankaran) is explained once on the Lankaran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.