Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandar-e Māhshahr weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bandar-e Māhshahr: daytime highs average 40.1°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni (16 km away). In May its highs average 36.5°C, 3.5°C cooler than Bandar-e Māhshahr, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bandar-e Māhshahr ranks 4th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Bandar-e Māhshahr is 12.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 45.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.0 mm to under 1 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
Bandar-e Māhshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 57 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 30 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 25.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 32 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 9.9 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 40.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 4.0 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 45.0°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 46.3°C31.0°C | 31.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 45.9°C30.5°C | 30.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.2°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 6.0 | 0.8 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 72 | 4.3 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 68 | 6.0 | 10.210 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
- Bandar-e Emam Khomeyni in MayIran · 16 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 26.4°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Abadan in MayIran · 88 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Rāmhormoz in MayIran · 90 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Al Fāw in MayIraq · 94 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 26.6°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Khorramshahr in MayIran · 97 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 25.8°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Ahvaz in MayIran · 97 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Behbahān in MayIran · 101 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 20.8°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in MayIraq · 126 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 4.3 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 Bandar-e Māhshahr) is explained once on the Bandar-e Māhshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.