Gereshk weather in May

In May, Gereshk sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-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 83% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gereshk's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gereshk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 37°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:19 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover: 18%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.2; out of 10

Gereshk is human settlement in 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 Gereshk reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 41°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)	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	35	19
4	35	19
5	35	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	36	20
9	36	20
10	36	20
11	36	21
12	36	21
13	36	21
14	37	21
15	37	21
16	37	21
17	37	22
18	37	22
19	37	22
20	37	22
21	38	22
22	38	22
23	38	22
24	38	22
25	38	23
26	38	23
27	38	23
28	39	23
29	39	23
30	39	23
31	39	23

How May really feels in Gereshk

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

1 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.

Gereshk weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 2°	36	5	10.2	5.0
Feb	17° / 5°	40	5.2	10.8	6.2
Mar	23° / 10°	39	4.8	11.8	7.9
Apr	30° / 16°	10	1.9	12.8	6.1
May	37° / 21°	1	0.3	13.6	2.2
Jun	41° / 26°	1	0.1	14	0.1
Jul	42° / 28°	1	0.2	13.9	0.0
Aug	40° / 25°	0	0	13.2	0.2
Sep	36° / 19°	0	0	12.2	3.0
Oct	29° / 13°	1	0.3	11.2	7.4
Nov	22° / 8°	8	1.4	10.4	8.7
Dec	16° / 3°	16	2.4	10	6.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%. 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 (%)	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	95	96	96	97	97
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	97	3
31	97	3

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gereshk 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 2% 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 (%)	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	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
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	0
23	0
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 13 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 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 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 7:06 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)	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:12
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:32	6:46
2	13.3	5:31	6:47
3	13.3	5:30	6:47
4	13.3	5:29	6:48
5	13.3	5:28	6:49
6	13.4	5:27	6:49
7	13.4	5:26	6:50
8	13.4	5:26	6:51
9	13.4	5:25	6:52
10	13.5	5:24	6:52
11	13.5	5:23	6:53
12	13.5	5:22	6:54
13	13.5	5:22	6:54
14	13.6	5:21	6:55
15	13.6	5:20	6:56
16	13.6	5:19	6:57
17	13.6	5:19	6:57
18	13.7	5:18	6:58
19	13.7	5:17	6:59
20	13.7	5:17	6:59
21	13.7	5:16	7:00
22	13.7	5:16	7:01
23	13.8	5:15	7:01
24	13.8	5:15	7:02
25	13.8	5:14	7:03
26	13.8	5:14	7:03
27	13.8	5:13	7:04
28	13.9	5:13	7:04
29	13.9	5:13	7:05
30	13.9	5:12	7:06
31	13.9	5:12	7:06

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.47 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.96 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)	7.7	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	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2
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	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.7	Intense
5	7.7	Intense
6	7.8	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.8	Intense
9	7.8	Intense
10	7.8	Intense
11	7.9	Intense
12	7.9	Intense
13	7.9	Intense
14	7.9	Intense
15	8.0	Intense
16	8.0	Intense
17	8.0	Intense
18	8.0	Intense
19	8.0	Intense
20	8.0	Intense
21	8.1	Intense
22	8.1	Intense
23	8.1	Intense
24	8.1	Intense
25	8.1	Intense
26	8.1	Intense
27	8.1	Intense
28	8.2	Intense
29	8.2	Intense
30	8.2	Intense
31	8.2	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Gereshk

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Gereshk?

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

2.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gereshk.

What to pack for Gereshk in May

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

In May, Gereshk sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gereshk 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 Gereshk peaks around June 23 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)	4	6	7	8	9	12	12	11	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Air quality in Gereshk 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 Gereshk is worst in August — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 19 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)	19	24	27	34	39	33	50	51	43	34	20	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	19	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	39	Poor
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	50	Poor
Aug	51	Poor
Sep	43	Poor
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gereshk?

Gereshk sits at 31.8°N, 64.6°E, 830 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Lashkar Gāh, 31 km away.

Topography around Gereshk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gereshk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 837 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,908 m.

The land around Gereshk is covered by cropland (42%), bare terrain (33%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and bare terrain (48%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (78%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

63 m

cropland 42%

16 km

158 m

cropland 49%

80 km

1,908 m

bare terrain 78%

shrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

May weather nearby: Lashkar Gāh 31 km · Kandahār 110 km · Khān Neshīn 160 km · Khāsh 171 km · Farah 239 km · Shahrak 255 km · Nīlī 257 km · Zaranj 274 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 Gereshk (31.8209°, 64.57°, elevation 830 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	34	19
2	34	19
3	35	19
4	35	19
5	35	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	36	20
9	36	20
10	36	20
11	36	21
12	36	21
13	36	21
14	37	21
15	37	21
16	37	21
17	37	22
18	37	22
19	37	22
20	37	22
21	38	22
22	38	22
23	38	22
24	38	22
25	38	23
26	38	23
27	38	23
28	39	23
29	39	23
30	39	23
31	39	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
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	0
23	0
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	34	19
2	34	19
3	35	19
4	35	19
5	35	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	36	20
9	36	20
10	36	20
11	36	21
12	36	21
13	36	21
14	37	21
15	37	21
16	37	21
17	37	22
18	37	22
19	37	22
20	37	22
21	38	22
22	38	22
23	38	22
24	38	22
25	38	23
26	38	23
27	38	23
28	39	23
29	39	23
30	39	23
31	39	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
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	0
23	0
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	34	19
2	34	19
3	35	19
4	35	19
5	35	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	36	20
9	36	20
10	36	20
11	36	21
12	36	21
13	36	21
14	37	21
15	37	21
16	37	21
17	37	22
18	37	22
19	37	22
20	37	22
21	38	22
22	38	22
23	38	22
24	38	22
25	38	23
26	38	23
27	38	23
28	39	23
29	39	23
30	39	23
31	39	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	95	5
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
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	0
23	0
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