Baraki Barak weather in May

In May, Baraki Barak sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 35 mm of rain across 8 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Baraki Barak's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baraki Barak's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
35 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
4:58 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
39%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Baraki Barak is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Baraki Barak reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2208
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How May really feels in Baraki Barak

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Baraki Barak weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -11°3466.3100.0
Feb / -9°467.6710.70.0
Mar / -2°548.44.111.71.6
Apr17° / 549.60.712.85.5
May23° / 10°358013.77.5
Jun28° / 14°112.5014.27.9
Jul30° / 17°710146.4
Aug30° / 16°40.7013.36.9
Sep26° / 12°30.7012.29.1
Oct19° / 61.7011.18.0
Nov12° / -0°173.81.210.23.7
Dec / -6°193.93.49.80.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26733
36832
46931
57030
67030
77228
87228
97426
107525
117723
127822
137921
148020
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288812
298911
308911
319010

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Baraki Barak gets around 35 mm of rain over 8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 25% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
131
232
332
432
532
632
732
832
931
1031
1130
1230
1329
1428
1527
1627
1726
1825
1924
2023
2122
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2321
2420
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2618
2717
2816
2916
3015
3114

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
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28100
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:11 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:116:32
213.45:106:32
313.45:096:33
413.45:086:34
513.55:076:35
613.55:066:35
713.55:056:36
813.55:046:37
913.65:036:38
1013.65:036:39
1113.65:026:39
1213.75:016:40
1313.75:006:41
1413.74:596:42
1513.74:586:42
1613.84:586:43
1713.84:576:44
1813.84:566:45
1913.84:566:45
2013.94:556:46
2113.94:546:47
2213.94:546:48
2313.94:536:48
2413.94:536:49
2514.04:526:50
2614.04:516:51
2714.04:516:51
2814.04:516:52
2914.04:506:53
3014.14:506:53
3114.14:496:54

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.28 kWh/m² to a high of 8.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
27.2Intense
37.2Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
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87.4Intense
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107.4Intense
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297.9Intense
307.9Intense
318.0Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Baraki Barak?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Baraki Barak for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Baraki Barak in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Baraki Barak sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Baraki Barak in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Baraki Barak peaks around June 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 19UV 12Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr9Very high
May12Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep10Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Baraki Barak in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Baraki Barak is worst in February — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (October, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateFeb 1123 µg/m³Oct 1714 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Baraki Barak?

Baraki Barak sits at 34.0°N, 68.9°E, 1,940 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Gardez, 48 km away.

IstālifKhōstCharikarJabal os Saraj

Topography around Baraki Barak

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Baraki Barak.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baraki Barak has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m around an average of 1,970 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 992 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,930 m.

The land around Baraki Barak is covered by cropland (51%) and bare terrain (43%) within 3 km, bare terrain (64%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (57%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
324 m
16 km
992 m
80 km
2,930 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Gardez 48 km · Kabul 66 km · Ghazni 67 km · Paghmān 69 km · Istālif 97 km · Khōst 114 km · Charikar 118 km · Jabal os Saraj 131 km

Afghanistan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 17% of US
price level, 2024
GDP per capita
$417
2024
Happiness
1.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
4
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
15.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 446
Religion
Muslim 100%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Baraki Barak (33.9674°, 68.9492°, elevation 1,940 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).