Climate averages 1991–2020
Naxçıvan weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Naxçıvan: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khūy (83 km away). In May its highs average 23.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Naxçıvan, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Naxçıvan ranks joint 3rd of 11 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 22.0°C; Naxçıvan is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 19 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
Naxçıvan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 26 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 7.3°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 31 | 6.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 51 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 53 | 11.4 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 24.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 41 | 9.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 30.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 19 | 4.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 34.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 34.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 21 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 28 | 5.5 | 10.110 h |
| December | 6.1°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 27 | 6.2 | 9.59 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
- Khūy in MayIran · 83 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in MayTurkey · 120 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.5°C · 64 mm rain
- Salmās in MayIran · 126 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Yerevan in MayArmenia · 132 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Iğdır in MayTurkey · 142 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Tabriz in MayIran · 147 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Sahand in MayIran · 152 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Ahar in MayIran · 165 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 105 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 Naxçıvan) is explained once on the Naxçıvan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.