Climate averages 1991–2020
Behshahr weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Behshahr: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sari (46 km away). In May its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Behshahr, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Behshahr ranks 78th of 128 for the warmest May highs and joint 96th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Behshahr is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 25 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
Behshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 64 | 7.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 65 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 71 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 50 | 8.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 33 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 25 | 4.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 25 | 4.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.2°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 22 | 4.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 28.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 71 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 78 | 7.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 87 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.5°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 59 | 7.5 | 9.710 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
- Sari in MayIran · 46 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in MayIran · 66 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Bābol in MayIran · 80 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Āmol in MayIran · 110 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Semnan in MayIran · 125 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Shahrud in MayIran · 131 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in MayIran · 156 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Būmahen in MayIran · 185 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 24 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 Behshahr) is explained once on the Behshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.