Nahrīn weather in May

In May, Nahrīn sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 129 mm of precipitation across 18.6 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nahrīn's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nahrīn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
8th coldest
Precipitation
129 mm
18.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
4:53 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
55%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Nahrīn is human settlement in 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 18°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Nahrīn reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Nahrīn

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.

Nahrīn weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-0° / -10°357.17.29.80.0
Feb / -8°468.77.810.60.0
Mar / -3°7111.57.511.71.1
Apr15° / 12017.23.712.93.6
May19° / 12918.60.713.95.1
Jun23° / 11°377.4014.47.7
Jul26° / 13°71.5014.28.8
Aug25° / 12°30.6013.49.3
Sep21° / 51.10.112.28.9
Oct16° / 265.8111.15.7
Nov / -3°356.94.510.12.0
Dec / -9°245.35.39.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24258
34258
44258
54456
64456
74654
84654
94753
104852
114951
124951
135149
145248
155347
165347
175446
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205644
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235743
245842
256040
266040
276238
286337
296436
306535
316733

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Nahrīn gets around 129 mm of rain and snow over 18.6 wet days in May, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 60% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1666
2666
3676
4675
5665
6665
7664
8654
9653
10653
11643
12642
13642
14632
15622
16622
17611
18601
19601
20591
21581
22571
23561
24551
25531
26521
27511
28491
29481
30461
31441

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 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
16calm
26calm
36calm
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66calm
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126calm
136calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 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 5:07 AM to 4:43 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:076:34
213.55:066:35
313.55:056:36
413.55:046:37
513.65:036:38
613.65:026:38
713.65:016:39
813.75:006:40
913.74:596:41
1013.74:586:42
1113.84:576:43
1213.84:566:44
1313.84:556:44
1413.94:546:45
1513.94:536:46
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1713.94:526:48
1814.04:516:49
1914.04:506:49
2014.04:506:50
2114.04:496:51
2214.14:486:52
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2414.14:476:53
2514.14:466:54
2614.14:466:55
2714.24:456:55
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2914.24:446:57
3014.24:446:58
3114.24:436:58

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.97 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.82 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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216.9Intense
227.0Intense
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247.0Intense
257.1Intense
267.1Intense
277.2Intense
287.2Intense
297.2Intense
307.3Intense
317.3Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Nahrīn

In seasonPeak

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

Nahrīn's rainy season runs March–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Nahrīn?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Nahrīn for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nahrīn in May

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

In May, Nahrīn sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 7°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Nahrīn in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nahrīn peaks around May 24 at about 11 (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 — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateMay 24UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Nahrīn 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 Nahrīn is worst in May — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMay 2027 µg/m³Dec 1511 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nahrīn?

Nahrīn sits at 36.1°N, 69.1°E, 1,138 m above sea level, in Afghanistan. The nearest listed city is Baghlān, 39 km away.

KunduzTaloqanBāzārakAībakJabal os Saraj

Topography around Nahrīn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nahrīn has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m around an average of 1,220 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,997 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,001 m.

The land around Nahrīn is covered by cropland (35%), bare terrain (35%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (42%), cropland (32%) and bare terrain (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and bare terrain (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
610 m
16 km
1,997 m
80 km
5,001 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainmoss and lichen
May weather nearby: Baghlān 39 km · Pul-e Khumrī 40 km · Khanabad 69 km · Kunduz 78 km · Taloqan 83 km · Bāzārak 90 km · Aībak 103 km · Jabal os Saraj 106 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 Nahrīn (36.0649°, 69.1334°, elevation 1,138 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).