Climate averages 1991–2020
Eslāmābād-e Gharb weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th 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 Eslāmābād-e Gharb: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 12.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Īlām (53 km away). In May its highs average 25.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Eslāmābād-e Gharb, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Eslāmābād-e Gharb ranks joint 80th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 84th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Eslāmābād-e Gharb is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 1.9 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
Eslāmābād-e Gharb climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 84 | 10.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 8.8°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 84 | 10.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 92 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 72 | 10.9 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 24.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 25 | 6.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 35.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 36.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 1.5 | 0.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 31 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 67 | 8.0 | 10.410 h |
| December | 9.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 73 | 8.8 | 9.910 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
- Īlām in MayIran · 53 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Kermanshah in MayIran · 54 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in MayIraq · 108 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Kūhdasht in MayIran · 119 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Kelar in MayIraq · 125 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Sanandaj in MayIran · 141 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in MayIraq · 147 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Marīvān in MayIran · 160 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 30 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 Eslāmābād-e Gharb) is explained once on the Eslāmābād-e Gharb year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.