Climate averages 1991–2020
Hajiawa weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Hajiawa: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rānyah (8 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Hajiawa, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Hajiawa ranks joint 54th of 59 for the warmest May highs and 57th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Hajiawa is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 2.3 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
Hajiawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 158 | 12.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 158 | 12.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 154 | 13.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 107 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 27.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 42 | 6.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 41 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 96 | 8.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.8°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 135 | 9.9 | 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
- Rānyah in MayIraq · 8 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MayIraq · 31 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Soran in MayIraq · 52 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MayIraq · 59 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Piranshahr in MayIran · 60 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MayIraq · 69 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Erbil in MayIraq · 71 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MayIraq · 93 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 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 Hajiawa) is explained once on the Hajiawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.