Climate averages 1991–2020
Shahrud weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Shahrud: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 05 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gonbad-e Kāvūs (94 km away). In May its highs average 27.6°C, 2.7°C warmer than Shahrud, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Shahrud ranks 79th of 128 for the warmest May highs and joint 118th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Shahrud is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 22 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
Shahrud climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 31 | 7.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 7.4°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 40 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 59 | 13.4 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 53 | 13.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 22 | 6.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 10 | 2.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 12 | 3.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 24 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 34 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 12.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 33 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 6.6°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 26 | 6.5 | 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
- Gonbad-e Kāvūs in MayIran · 94 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Behshahr in MayIran · 131 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Semnan in MayIran · 170 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Sari in MayIran · 172 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Qā’em Shahr in MayIran · 189 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Bābol in MayIran · 206 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Āmol in MayIran · 235 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Bojnūrd in MayIran · 240 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 40 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 Shahrud) is explained once on the Shahrud year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.