Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaxo weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry 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 hot month in Zaxo: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Silopi (22 km away). In May its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Zaxo, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Zaxo ranks joint 52nd of 59 for the warmest May highs and joint 53rd of 59 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 59 cities is 35.2°C; Zaxo is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 1.8 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
Zaxo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 113 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.7°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 109 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 115 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 84 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| May, selected | 28.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 35 | 5.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 39.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 38.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 33.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 26.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 29 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 66 | 7.1 | 10.210 h |
| December | 12.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 105 | 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
- Silopi in MayTurkey · 22 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 12.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Sumayl in MayIraq · 35 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Simele in MayIraq · 35 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Dihok in MayIraq · 41 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Cizre in MayTurkey · 49 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Sīnah in MayIraq · 49 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in MayIraq · 98 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Hakkâri in MayTurkey · 105 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 88 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 Zaxo) is explained once on the Zaxo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.