Climate averages 1991–2020
Soran weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet 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 warm month in Soran: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hajiawa (52 km away). In May its highs average 27.9°C, 2.5°C warmer than Soran, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Soran ranks 59th of 59 for the warmest May highs and 59th of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Soran is 9.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 4.5 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
Soran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 150 | 11.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 156 | 12.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 169 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 132 | 12.9 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 25.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 60 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 4.5 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 37.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 32.1°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 44 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 100 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 132 | 10.0 | 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
- Hajiawa in MayIraq · 52 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Piranshahr in MayIran · 54 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Rānyah in MayIraq · 54 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in MayIraq · 59 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 22 mm rain
- 'Ākra in MayIraq · 60 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in MayIraq · 62 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Erbil in MayIraq · 70 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MayIraq · 74 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 46 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 Soran) is explained once on the Soran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.