Climate averages 1991–2020
Yazd weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Yazd: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rafsanjān (227 km away). In May its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Yazd, with 2.3 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Yazd ranks joint 28th of 128 for the warmest May highs and joint 26th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Yazd is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.3 mm to under 1 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
Yazd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 20 | 4.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.7°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 14 | 3.2 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 31.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 13.814 h |
| June | 36.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 37.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 36.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 32.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 11 | 2.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 16 | 3.3 | 10.110 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
- Rafsanjān in MayIran · 227 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 16.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Shahreẕā in MayIran · 237 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Bahārestān in MayIran · 253 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Isfahan in MayIran · 267 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Marvdasht in MayIran · 270 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Khomeynī Shahr in MayIran · 280 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 12.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Shāhīn Shahr in MayIran · 285 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 12.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Fūlād Shahr in MayIran · 287 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 8.6 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 Yazd) is explained once on the Yazd year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.