Climate averages 1991–2020
Iranshahr weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Iranshahr: daytime highs average 39.4°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zahedan (256 km away). In May its highs average 32.5°C, 6.9°C cooler than Iranshahr, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Iranshahr ranks 7th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Iranshahr is 11.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 42.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 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
Iranshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 21 | 2.9 | 10.611 h |
| February | 23.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 17 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| March | 27.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 20 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 4.3 | 0.6 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 39.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 42.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.814 h |
| July | 42.2°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| August | 41.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 38.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 2.5 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 2.7 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 22.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 10 | 1.6 | 10.510 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
- Zahedan in MayIran · 256 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Turbat in MayPakistan · 270 kmHigh 41.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Gwadar in MayPakistan · 283 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 26.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Bam in MayIran · 311 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Jīroft in MayIran · 333 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Mīnāb in MayIran · 356 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Zābol in MayIran · 433 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Bandar Abbas in MayIran · 436 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 0.9 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 Iranshahr) is explained once on the Iranshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.