Climate averages 1991–2020
Sahand weather
in May.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 8th 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 Sahand: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tabriz (21 km away). In May its highs average 22.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Sahand, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Sahand ranks 123rd of 128 for the warmest May highs and 87th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Sahand is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 9.0 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
Sahand 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-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 22 | 5.7 | 9.910 h |
| February | 4.2°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 9.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 43 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 41 | 8.0 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 21.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 28 | 6.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 9.0 | 2.5 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 5.5 | 1.7 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.9°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 13 | 2.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.7°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 28 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 4.1°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 25 | 6.0 | 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
- Tabriz in MayIran · 21 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in MayIran · 63 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Bonāb in MayIran · 68 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in MayIran · 101 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Ahar in MayIran · 102 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in MayIran · 109 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Salmās in MayIran · 121 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 7.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Khūy in MayIran · 121 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 53 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 Sahand) is explained once on the Sahand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.