Climate averages 1991–2020
Piranshahr weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Piranshahr: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naqadeh (36 km away). In May its highs average 22.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Piranshahr, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Piranshahr ranks 120th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 124th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Piranshahr is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 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
Piranshahr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 84 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 3.3°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 96 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 7.8°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 108 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 95 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 62 | 12.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 13 | 3.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 32.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 5.5 | 1.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 7.7 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 39 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 11.2°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 71 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 4.6°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 78 | 9.0 | 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
- Naqadeh in MayIran · 36 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Mahābād in MayIran · 52 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Soran in MayIraq · 54 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Rānyah in MayIraq · 55 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MayIraq · 58 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MayIraq · 60 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in MayIran · 91 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in MayIran · 95 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 41 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 Piranshahr) is explained once on the Piranshahr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.