Climate averages 1991–2020
Tabriz 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 Tabriz: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sahand (21 km away). In May its highs average 21.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Tabriz, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Tabriz ranks 114th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 120th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Tabriz is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 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
Tabriz 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-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 31 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 42 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 10.2°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 59 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 67 | 10.5 | 13.213 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 54 | 9.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 22 | 4.6 | 14.815 h |
| July | 31.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 15 | 3.8 | 14.515 h |
| August | 31.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 7.7 | 2.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.5 | 1.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 21 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 39 | 6.4 | 10.210 h |
| December | 5.0°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 34 | 7.1 | 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
- Sahand in MayIran · 21 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Marāgheh (East Azerbaijan), Iran in MayIran · 77 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Ahar in MayIran · 81 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Bonāb in MayIran · 85 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Orūmīyeh in MayIran · 122 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Mīāndoāb in MayIran · 125 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Meshgīn Shahr in MayIran · 126 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 8.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Khūy in MayIran · 128 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 Tabriz) is explained once on the Tabriz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.