Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelar 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 Kelar: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khānaqīn (32 km away). In May its highs average 35.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kelar, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kelar ranks joint 39th of 59 for the warmest May highs and 42nd of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Kelar is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 40.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 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
Kelar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 99 | 9.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 81 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 5.8 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 34.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 43.7°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 39.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 26 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 65 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 91 | 8.1 | 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
- Khānaqīn in MayIraq · 32 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MayIraq · 69 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in MayIraq · 80 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in MayIraq · 105 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Khāliş in MayIraq · 116 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Baqubah in MayIraq · 117 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in MayIran · 125 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MayIraq · 126 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 Kelar) is explained once on the Kelar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.