Climate averages 1991–2020
Lerik weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Lerik: daytime highs average 18.8°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th 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 Lankaran (38 km away). In May its highs average 20.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Lerik, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Lerik ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 22.0°C; Lerik is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 52 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
Lerik climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 71 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 86 | 11.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 94 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 103 | 17.7 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 18.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 100 | 17.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 52 | 8.9 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 31 | 5.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 25.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 44 | 6.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 117 | 12.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 156 | 16.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 119 | 13.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 6.6°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 74 | 10.0 | 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
- Lankaran in MayAzerbaijan · 38 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Ardabīl in MayIran · 59 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Meshgīn Shahr in MayIran · 76 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Pārsābād in MayIran · 106 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Ahar in MayIran · 121 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Şirvan in MayAzerbaijan · 137 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Mīāneh in MayIran · 162 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in MayIran · 171 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 29 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 Lerik) is explained once on the Lerik year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.