Climate averages 1991–2020
Zahedan weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th 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 Zahedan: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zābol (181 km away). In May its highs average 37.8°C, 5.2°C warmer than Zahedan, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Zahedan ranks 24th of 128 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 128 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 128 cities is 27.8°C; Zahedan is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.6 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
Zahedan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 24 | 4.0 | 10.510 h |
| February | 16.5°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 21 | 3.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 19 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 13.614 h |
| June | 35.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 14.014 h |
| July | 36.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.814 h |
| August | 35.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 31.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 15.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 13 | 1.9 | 10.310 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
- Zābol in MayIran · 181 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Bam in MayIran · 247 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Iranshahr in MayIran · 256 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Jīroft in MayIran · 317 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kerman in MayIran · 375 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Bīrjand in MayIran · 406 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Turbat in MayPakistan · 444 kmHigh 41.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Mīnāb in MayIran · 454 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 25.9°C · 0.5 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 Zahedan) is explained once on the Zahedan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.