Climate averages 1991–2020
Mashhad weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 9th 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 Mashhad: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran (52 km away). In May its highs average 23.7°C, 2.2°C cooler than Mashhad, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Mashhad ranks 68th 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; Mashhad is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 6.9 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
Mashhad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 28 | 5.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.4°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 44 | 8.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.4°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 64 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 54 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 34 | 7.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 6.9 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 9.0 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 20 | 4.4 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 20 | 4.3 | 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
- Marāgheh (Razavi Khorasan), Iran in MayIran · 52 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Neyshābūr in MayIran · 73 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in MayIran · 119 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.4°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Qūchān in MayIran · 133 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Kāshmar in MayIran · 156 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Sabzevar in MayIran · 173 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Shīrvān in MayIran · 193 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Ashgabat in MayTurkmenistan · 213 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.5°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 Mashhad) is explained once on the Mashhad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.