Climate averages 1991–2020
Saqqez weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Saqqez: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Būkān (31 km away). In May its highs average 24.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Saqqez, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Saqqez ranks joint 107th of 128 for the warmest May highs and joint 96th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Saqqez is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 4.9 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
Saqqez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 59 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 4.6°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 66 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 71 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 62 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 22.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 4.9 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 34.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 34.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 21 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 47 | 7.3 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 51 | 8.2 | 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
- Būkān in MayIran · 31 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Bāneh in MayIran · 45 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Mahābād in MayIran · 75 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in MayIran · 81 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Marīvān in MayIran · 82 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MayIraq · 103 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MayIraq · 107 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Naqadeh in MayIran · 111 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.0°C · 26 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 Saqqez) is explained once on the Saqqez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.