Climate averages 1991–2020
Khasnahzān weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Khasnahzān: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry 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 Erbil (12 km away). In May its highs average 30.7°C, 1.6°C warmer than Khasnahzān, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Khasnahzān ranks 48th of 59 for the warmest May highs and 56th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Khasnahzān is 6.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 36.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 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
Khasnahzān climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 121 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 117 | 11.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 121 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 89 | 10.6 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 29.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 39 | 6.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 36.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 2.3 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 40.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 38 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 80 | 7.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 106 | 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
- Erbil in MayIraq · 12 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MayIraq · 16 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Xebat in MayIraq · 43 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MayIraq · 59 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Soran in MayIraq · 62 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.8°C · 60 mm rain
- 'Ākra in MayIraq · 64 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Rānyah in MayIraq · 67 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MayIraq · 85 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 Khasnahzān) is explained once on the Khasnahzān year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.