Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qā’im weather
in May.
A hot, very 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 Qā’im: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deir ez-Zor (130 km away). In May its highs average 32.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Al Qā’im, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Al Qā’im ranks 42nd of 59 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Al Qā’im is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 38.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.5 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 Qā’im climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 21.6°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 18 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 2.0 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 33.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.5 | 1.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 38.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| July | 40.9°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| August | 40.6°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 36.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.0 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 16 | 3.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 14.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 19 | 3.9 | 9.910 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
- Deir ez-Zor in MaySyria · 130 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in MaySyria · 236 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Bayjī in MayIraq · 236 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.3°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Ash Sharqāt in MayIraq · 239 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Ramadi in MayIraq · 240 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Rukban in MayJordan · 243 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Ar Raqqah in MaySyria · 250 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in MayIraq · 267 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 3.6 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 Al Qā’im) is explained once on the Al Qā’im year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.