Climate averages 1991–2020
Qorveh weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Qorveh: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sanandaj (75 km away). In May its highs average 23.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Qorveh, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Qorveh ranks 115th of 128 for the warmest May highs and joint 77th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Qorveh is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 3.1 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Qorveh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 37 | 8.2 | 10.110 h |
| February | 3.9°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 41 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 9.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 53 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 47 | 8.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 21.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 23 | 6.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 3.1 | 0.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 33.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| August | 32.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.9°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 19 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 10.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 39 | 7.1 | 10.410 h |
| December | 5.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 34 | 6.3 | 9.810 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Sanandaj in MayIran · 75 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Hamadān in MayIran · 76 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Kermanshah in MayIran · 116 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Nahāvand in MayIran · 120 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 11.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Malāyer in MayIran · 134 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Marīvān in MayIran · 152 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Borūjerd in MayIran · 166 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in MayIran · 166 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 25 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 Qorveh) is explained once on the Qorveh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.