Climate averages 1991–2020
Bayjī weather
in May.
A very 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 very hot month in Bayjī: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.2 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 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Sharqāt (70 km away). In May its highs average 34.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bayjī, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Bayjī ranks 36th of 59 for the warmest May highs and 34th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Bayjī is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 5.4°C to 40.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.2 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
Bayjī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 39 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 32 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 22.0°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 28.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 35.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.514 h |
| July | 43.6°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 43.4°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 15 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 4.3 | 10.410 h |
| December | 15.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 35 | 5.8 | 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
- Ash Sharqāt in MayIraq · 70 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in MayIraq · 89 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MayIraq · 102 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MayIraq · 104 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Erbil in MayIraq · 148 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Xebat in MayIraq · 151 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MayIraq · 153 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Khāliş in MayIraq · 157 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 5.1 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 Bayjī) is explained once on the Bayjī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.