Farah weather in May

In May, Farah sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% 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 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Farah's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Farah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 37°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 42 min; 5:28 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 6th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.87 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.7; out of 10

Farah is capital of Farah Province, Afghanistan.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical May day in Farah reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	20
2	35	20
3	35	20
4	35	20
5	36	20
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	21
9	36	21
10	37	21
11	37	21
12	37	21
13	37	22
14	37	22
15	37	22
16	37	22
17	38	22
18	38	22
19	38	22
20	38	23
21	38	23
22	38	23
23	38	23
24	39	23
25	39	23
26	39	23
27	39	24
28	39	24
29	40	24
30	40	24
31	40	24

How May really feels in Farah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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

5 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Farah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 3°	24	4.5	10.1	5.5
Feb	18° / 5°	23	4.4	10.8	7.0
Mar	24° / 10°	30	4.5	11.8	8.0
Apr	31° / 17°	9	1.8	12.8	5.5
May	37° / 22°	1	0.3	13.6	1.7
Jun	42° / 26°	0	0.1	14.1	0.0
Jul	44° / 29°	0	0	13.9	0.0
Aug	42° / 26°	0	0	13.2	0.0
Sep	38° / 20°	0	0	12.2	1.8
Oct	31° / 14°	1	0.2	11.2	6.5
Nov	23° / 8°	4	1.2	10.3	8.7
Dec	17° / 3°	8	2	9.9	7.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	88	88	88	89	90	90	90	91	92	92	93	93	93	93	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	97
Cloudier (%)	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Farah gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 19 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	17	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	20	light breeze
21	20	light breeze
22	20	light breeze
23	20	breezy
24	20	breezy
25	20	breezy
26	20	breezy
27	20	breezy
28	21	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	21	breezy
31	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:17 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:23	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:21	5:20
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	5:41	6:56
2	13.3	5:40	6:57
3	13.3	5:39	6:58
4	13.3	5:38	6:59
5	13.4	5:37	6:59
6	13.4	5:36	7:00
7	13.4	5:35	7:01
8	13.5	5:34	7:02
9	13.5	5:34	7:02
10	13.5	5:33	7:03
11	13.5	5:32	7:04
12	13.6	5:31	7:05
13	13.6	5:30	7:05
14	13.6	5:30	7:06
15	13.6	5:29	7:07
16	13.7	5:28	7:07
17	13.7	5:27	7:08
18	13.7	5:27	7:09
19	13.7	5:26	7:10
20	13.7	5:26	7:10
21	13.8	5:25	7:11
22	13.8	5:24	7:12
23	13.8	5:24	7:12
24	13.8	5:23	7:13
25	13.8	5:23	7:14
26	13.9	5:22	7:14
27	13.9	5:22	7:15
28	13.9	5:22	7:16
29	13.9	5:21	7:16
30	13.9	5:21	7:17
31	13.9	5:20	7:17

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.4 kWh/m² to a high of 8.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.87 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.6	Intense
2	7.6	Intense
3	7.6	Intense
4	7.6	Intense
5	7.7	Intense
6	7.7	Intense
7	7.7	Intense
8	7.7	Intense
9	7.7	Intense
10	7.8	Intense
11	7.8	Intense
12	7.8	Intense
13	7.8	Intense
14	7.8	Intense
15	7.9	Intense
16	7.9	Intense
17	7.9	Intense
18	7.9	Intense
19	7.9	Intense
20	8.0	Intense
21	8.0	Intense
22	8.0	Intense
23	8.0	Intense
24	8.0	Intense
25	8.0	Intense
26	8.0	Intense
27	8.1	Intense
28	8.1	Intense
29	8.1	Intense
30	8.1	Intense
31	8.1	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Farah

In seasonPeak

In May, Farah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Farah sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Farah?

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

1.7

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Farah.

What to pack for Farah in May

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

In May, Farah sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Farah in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Farah peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	7	8	9	12	11	11	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Farah 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 Farah is worst in August — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.9× the cleanest month (December, 31 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	33	43	44	48	55	62	83	88	77	53	34	31
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	44	Poor
Apr	48	Poor
May	55	Poor
Jun	62	Unhealthy
Jul	83	Unhealthy
Aug	88	Unhealthy
Sep	77	Unhealthy
Oct	53	Poor
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Farah?

Farah sits at 32.4°N, 62.1°E, 662 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Shīnḏanḏ, 103 km away.

Topography around Farah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Farah has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m around an average of 674 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 951 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,980 m.

The land around Farah is covered by artificial surfaces (41%), cropland (30%) and bare terrain (27%) within 3 km, bare terrain (58%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

281 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

951 m

bare terrain 58%

80 km

1,980 m

bare terrain 93%

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← April Farah year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Shīnḏanḏ 103 km · Kushk 104 km · Khāsh 113 km · Zaranj 159 km · Zābol 161 km · Nehbandān 217 km · Herāt 220 km · Lashkar Gāh 230 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

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 Farah (32.3745°, 62.1164°, elevation 662 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	20
2	35	20
3	35	20
4	35	20
5	36	20
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	21
9	36	21
10	37	21
11	37	21
12	37	21
13	37	22
14	37	22
15	37	22
16	37	22
17	38	22
18	38	22
19	38	22
20	38	23
21	38	23
22	38	23
23	38	23
24	39	23
25	39	23
26	39	23
27	39	24
28	39	24
29	40	24
30	40	24
31	40	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	20
2	35	20
3	35	20
4	35	20
5	36	20
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	21
9	36	21
10	37	21
11	37	21
12	37	21
13	37	22
14	37	22
15	37	22
16	37	22
17	38	22
18	38	22
19	38	22
20	38	23
21	38	23
22	38	23
23	38	23
24	39	23
25	39	23
26	39	23
27	39	24
28	39	24
29	40	24
30	40	24
31	40	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	20
2	35	20
3	35	20
4	35	20
5	36	20
6	36	21
7	36	21
8	36	21
9	36	21
10	37	21
11	37	21
12	37	21
13	37	22
14	37	22
15	37	22
16	37	22
17	38	22
18	38	22
19	38	22
20	38	23
21	38	23
22	38	23
23	38	23
24	39	23
25	39	23
26	39	23
27	39	24
28	39	24
29	40	24
30	40	24
31	40	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100