Climate averages 1991–2020
Ahar weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ahar: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Meshgīn Shahr (54 km away). In May its highs average 20.1°C, about as warm as Ahar, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ahar ranks 125th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 128th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Ahar is 7.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 59 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
Ahar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 33 | 7.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.8°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 46 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.8°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 73 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 99 | 17.2 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 20.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 105 | 19.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 24.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 59 | 13.2 | 14.815 h |
| July | 26.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 22 | 6.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 5.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 32 | 8.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 50 | 8.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.5°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 46 | 7.1 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.2°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 33 | 6.4 | 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
- Meshgīn Shahr in MayIran · 54 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Tabriz in MayIran · 81 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Sahand in MayIran · 102 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Ardabīl in MayIran · 110 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Lerik in MayAzerbaijan · 121 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Mīāneh in MayIran · 130 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in MayIran · 141 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Pārsābād in MayIran · 149 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 32 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 Ahar) is explained once on the Ahar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.