Climate averages 1991–2020
Gonbad-e Kāvūs 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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 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 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shahrud (94 km away). In May its highs average 25.0°C, 2.7°C cooler than Gonbad-e Kāvūs, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Gonbad-e Kāvūs ranks 56th of 128 for the warmest May highs and joint 100th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Gonbad-e Kāvūs is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 27 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
Gonbad-e Kāvūs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 52 | 7.0 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 67 | 8.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 78 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.3°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 63 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 27.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 34 | 5.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 4.3 | 14.715 h |
| July | 34.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| August | 34.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 33 | 5.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 35 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| December | 14.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 36 | 5.9 | 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
- Shahrud in MayIran · 94 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Behshahr in MayIran · 156 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in MayIran · 193 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Sari in MayIran · 202 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in MayIran · 222 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Bābol in MayIran · 235 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Semnan in MayIran · 245 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Shīrvān in MayIran · 245 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 23 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 Gonbad-e Kāvūs) is explained once on the Gonbad-e Kāvūs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.