Climate averages 1991–2020
Sulaymaniyah weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th 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 Sulaymaniyah: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāneh (63 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, 5.5°C cooler than Sulaymaniyah, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sulaymaniyah ranks 57th of 59 for the warmest May highs and 52nd of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Sulaymaniyah is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 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
Sulaymaniyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 131 | 12.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 132 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 121 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 88 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 27.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 30 | 5.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 34.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 39.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 39.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 38 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 83 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 108 | 10.1 | 9.810 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
- Bāneh in MayIran · 63 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Marīvān in MayIran · 68 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Qeładizê in MayIraq · 74 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 46 mm rain
- Rānyah in MayIraq · 91 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Hajiawa in MayIraq · 94 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Kirkuk in MayIraq · 95 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in MayIraq · 105 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Kelar in MayIraq · 105 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 12 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 Sulaymaniyah) is explained once on the Sulaymaniyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.