Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Al Mawşil al Jadīdah: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th 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 Xebat (51 km away). In May its highs average 31.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Al Mawşil al Jadīdah, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Mawşil al Jadīdah ranks 44th of 59 for the warmest May highs and 43rd of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Al Mawşil al Jadīdah is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.6°C to 39.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 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
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 62 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 62 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 43 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 32.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 39.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 42.2°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 37.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 20 | 2.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 50 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 62 | 7.7 | 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
- Xebat in MayIraq · 51 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Sīnah in MayIraq · 53 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Dihok in MayIraq · 60 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Simele in MayIraq · 63 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Sumayl in MayIraq · 63 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 25 mm rain
- 'Ākra in MayIraq · 82 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Erbil in MayIraq · 83 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MayIraq · 83 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 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 Al Mawşil al Jadīdah) is explained once on the Al Mawşil al Jadīdah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.