Climate averages 1991–2020
Orūmīyeh weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Orūmīyeh: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 10 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yüksekova (70 km away). In May its highs average 17.0°C, 4.3°C cooler than Orūmīyeh, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Orūmīyeh ranks joint 121st of 128 for the warmest May highs and 109th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Orūmīyeh is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 13 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
Orūmīyeh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 41 | 6.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 43 | 6.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.3°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 59 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 47 | 8.2 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 41 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 13 | 2.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 14.514 h |
| August | 30.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 4.7 | 1.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 9.0 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 26 | 4.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.7°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 41 | 6.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 40 | 7.0 | 9.610 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
- Yüksekova in MayTurkey · 70 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Naqadeh in MayIran · 72 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Salmās in MayIran · 77 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Bonāb in MayIran · 90 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Piranshahr in MayIran · 95 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Sahand in MayIran · 101 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in MayIran · 104 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Mahābād in MayIran · 105 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 34 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 Orūmīyeh) is explained once on the Orūmīyeh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.