Climate averages 1991–2020

Meshgīn Shahr weather
in May.

A mild, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.1°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 8.7°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 97 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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May is a mild month in Meshgīn Shahr: daytime highs average 20.1°C and nights cool to about 8.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 14 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ahar (54 km away). In May its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Meshgīn Shahr, with 105 mm of rain.

Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Meshgīn Shahr ranks 126th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 127th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Meshgīn Shahr is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 58 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Meshgīn Shahr climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Meshgīn Shahr, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 4.0°C-5.6°C-5.6°C266.09.810 h
February 5.1°C-4.7°C-4.7°C388.010.711 h
March 9.7°C-1.2°C-1.2°C5811.811.912 h
April 15.3°C3.6°C3.6°C8214.913.213 h
May, selected 20.1°C8.7°C8.7°C9717.314.214 h
June 23.9°C13.4°C13.4°C5812.514.815 h
July 26.6°C16.2°C16.2°C226.114.615 h
August 27.1°C16.4°C16.4°C175.213.714 h
September 23.3°C12.7°C12.7°C307.212.512 h
October 17.9°C7.3°C7.3°C467.911.211 h
November 10.5°C0.6°C0.6°C396.710.110 h
December 5.8°C-3.8°C-3.8°C275.59.510 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.

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May in nearby cities

Distance from Meshgīn Shahr

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Meshgīn Shahr) is explained once on the Meshgīn Shahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.