Climate averages 1991–2020
Bāneh weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Bāneh: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saqqez (45 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Bāneh, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Bāneh ranks 113th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 113th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Bāneh is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 3.3 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
Bāneh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 115 | 12.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.2°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 122 | 11.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 9.5°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 118 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 95 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 43 | 8.1 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 3.3 | 1.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 34.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 2.3 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 34 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 74 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 5.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 94 | 10.4 | 9.810 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
- Saqqez in MayIran · 45 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 9.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Marīvān in MayIran · 60 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MayIraq · 63 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Būkān in MayIran · 65 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MayIraq · 71 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Mahābād in MayIran · 86 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Rānyah in MayIraq · 95 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MayIraq · 101 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 42 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 Bāneh) is explained once on the Bāneh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.