Climate averages 1991–2020
Masjed Soleymān weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Masjed Soleymān: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shūshtar (45 km away). In May its highs average 38.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Masjed Soleymān, with 5.3 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Masjed Soleymān ranks 15th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 32nd of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Masjed Soleymān is 9.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 43.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.7 mm to under 1 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
Masjed Soleymān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 120 | 10.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 18.2°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 8.0 | 11.011 h |
| March | 22.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 105 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 60 | 5.4 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 37.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 6.7 | 1.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 43.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 45.1°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 45.0°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 41.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 14 | 2.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 93 | 6.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 128 | 8.7 | 10.110 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
- Shūshtar in MayIran · 45 kmHigh 38.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Īz̄eh in MayIran · 55 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Rāmhormoz in MayIran · 78 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ahvaz in MayIran · 90 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Dezful in MayIran · 98 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Shūsh in MayIran · 104 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Andīmeshk in MayIran · 107 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Shahr-e Kord in MayIran · 153 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 8.3°C · 13 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 Masjed Soleymān) is explained once on the Masjed Soleymān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.