Khāsh weather in May

In May, Khāsh sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 40°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% 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 Khāsh's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khāsh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:27 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
16%
6th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Khāsh is village in Khash Rod District, Afghanistan.

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 36°C in the first days to 40°C by the end.

A typical May day in Khāsh reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Khāsh

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
31
12 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Khāsh weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 203.710.26.1
Feb19° / 173.610.87.6
Mar25° / 11°203.511.88.1
Apr33° / 17°51.212.74.8
May38° / 23°10.313.61.1
Jun43° / 26°10.1140.0
Jul44° / 28°0013.80.0
Aug42° / 26°0013.20.0
Sep38° / 20°0012.21.7
Oct31° / 14°00.211.26.3
Nov23° / 30.710.48.9
Dec18° / 71.8107.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Khāsh 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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815light breeze
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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 5:40 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 7:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:406:53
213.25:396:53
313.35:386:54
413.35:376:55
513.35:366:55
613.45:356:56
713.45:346:57
813.45:336:57
913.45:326:58
1013.55:316:59
1113.55:317:00
1213.55:307:00
1313.55:297:01
1413.65:287:02
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1613.65:277:03
1713.65:267:04
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1913.75:257:05
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2113.75:247:06
2213.75:237:07
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2713.85:217:10
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.53 kWh/m² to a high of 8.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.7Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Khāsh

In seasonPeak

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

Khāsh 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 Khāsh?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Khāsh.

What to pack for Khāsh in May

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

In May, Khāsh sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khāsh 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 Khāsh peaks around June 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 21UV 12Dec 17UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Khāsh 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 Khāsh is worst in August — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 38 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorUnhealthyPoorAug 1287 µg/m³Nov 2239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb56Unhealthy
Mar55Poor
Apr55Poor
May62Unhealthy
Jun67Unhealthy
Jul84Unhealthy
Aug87Unhealthy
Sep73Unhealthy
Oct55Poor
Nov38Poor
Dec40Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Khāsh?

Khāsh sits at 31.5°N, 62.8°E, 579 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Zaranj, 109 km away.

ZaranjFarahZābolKhān NeshīnLashkar GāhGereshkShīnḏanḏKushk

Topography around Khāsh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khāsh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 578 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,001 m.

The land around Khāsh is covered by bare terrain (58%) and cropland (41%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
417 m
80 km
1,001 m
croplandbare terrain
May weather nearby: Zaranj 109 km · Farah 113 km · Zābol 135 km · Khān Neshīn 145 km · Lashkar Gāh 150 km · Gereshk 171 km · Shīnḏanḏ 206 km · Kushk 212 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 Khāsh (31.5292°, 62.7906°, elevation 579 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).