Climate averages 1991–2020
Ardabīl weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Ardabīl: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Meshgīn Shahr (56 km away). In May its highs average 20.1°C, about as warm as Ardabīl, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Ardabīl ranks 128th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 123rd of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Ardabīl is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 23 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
Ardabīl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 36 | 7.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.6°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 46 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 58 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 65 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 19.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 60 | 13.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 23.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 23 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 12 | 3.4 | 14.515 h |
| August | 25.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 10 | 2.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 22.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 24 | 6.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 48 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 53 | 8.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.3°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 36 | 7.0 | 9.610 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 · 56 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Lerik in MayAzerbaijan · 59 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 10.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Lankaran in MayAzerbaijan · 74 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Mīāneh in MayIran · 105 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 11.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Ahar in MayIran · 110 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in MayIran · 134 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Rasht in MayIran · 157 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Pārsābād in MayIran · 159 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 Ardabīl) is explained once on the Ardabīl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.