Climate averages 1991–2020
Zābol weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Zābol: daytime highs average 37.8°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zahedan (181 km away). In May its highs average 32.5°C, 5.2°C cooler than Zābol, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zābol ranks joint 12th of 128 for the warmest May highs and joint 2nd of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Zābol is 9.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 41.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays 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
Zābol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 15 | 3.3 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 25.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 15 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 37.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 41.6°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.5 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 42.9°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 40.9°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 36.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 7.3 | 1.6 | 10.210 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
- Zahedan in MayIran · 181 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Bīrjand in MayIran · 296 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Bam in MayIran · 370 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Herāt in MayAfghanistan · 375 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 13.8°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Kandahār in MayAfghanistan · 406 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Kerman in MayIran · 430 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Iranshahr in MayIran · 433 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Jīroft in MayIran · 447 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.2 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 Zābol) is explained once on the Zābol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.