Kanaker-Zeytun weather in May

In May, Kanaker-Zeytun sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 9 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kanaker-Zeytun's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kanaker-Zeytun's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 39 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 12 min; 5:51 AM – 8:05 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kanaker-Zeytun reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 6°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)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23
Avg low (°C)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11

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

How May really feels in Kanaker-Zeytun

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Kanaker-Zeytun weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	0° / -8°	26	5.4	5.8	9.5	0.0
Feb	2° / -7°	32	6.9	7.1	10.4	0.0
Mar	7° / -1°	50	9.9	5.7	11.7	1.1
Apr	14° / 4°	59	12.4	1.4	13	3.8
May	19° / 9°	39	9	0	14.2	6.4
Jun	26° / 14°	15	3.5	0	14.8	8.2
Jul	29° / 17°	8	1.9	0	14.6	7.0
Aug	29° / 17°	6	1.3	0	13.6	7.1
Sep	24° / 12°	8	1.6	0	12.3	8.8
Oct	17° / 6°	17	3.9	0.1	10.9	6.6
Nov	9° / -1°	26	5.5	2.4	9.8	1.9
Dec	2° / -6°	29	6	5.6	9.2	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% 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 35%. 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 (%)	54	54	54	55	56	56	56	57	58	60	60	61	62	63	64	65	65	67	67	68	70	70	71	71	73	73	73	75	75	77	77
Cloudier (%)	46	46	46	45	44	44	44	43	42	40	40	39	38	37	36	35	35	33	33	32	30	30	29	29	27	27	27	25	25	23	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	77	23
31	77	23

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Kanaker-Zeytun gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 9 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 29% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	40	39	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	31	30	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	18	17
Snow chance (%)	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	2
2	39	1
3	38	1
4	38	1
5	37	1
6	37	0
7	36	0
8	35	0
9	35	0
10	34	0
11	34	0
12	33	0
13	33	0
14	32	0
15	31	0
16	30	0
17	30	0
18	29	0
19	28	0
20	27	0
21	26	0
22	25	0
23	24	0
24	23	0
25	22	0
26	21	0
27	20	0
28	19	0
29	18	0
30	18	0
31	17	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 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 7:50 PM to 8:18 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)	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41
Sunset (PM)	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:59	8:00	8:01	8:02	8:03	8:04	8:05	8:06	8:07	8:08	8:09	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:16	8:17	8:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	6:09	7:50
2	13.7	6:07	7:51
3	13.8	6:06	7:52
4	13.8	6:05	7:53
5	13.8	6:03	7:54
6	13.9	6:02	7:55
7	13.9	6:01	7:56
8	13.9	6:00	7:57
9	14.0	5:59	7:58
10	14.0	5:58	7:59
11	14.1	5:57	8:00
12	14.1	5:55	8:01
13	14.1	5:54	8:02
14	14.2	5:53	8:03
15	14.2	5:52	8:04
16	14.2	5:51	8:05
17	14.3	5:51	8:06
18	14.3	5:50	8:07
19	14.3	5:49	8:08
20	14.3	5:48	8:09
21	14.4	5:47	8:09
22	14.4	5:46	8:10
23	14.4	5:46	8:11
24	14.5	5:45	8:12
25	14.5	5:44	8:13
26	14.5	5:43	8:14
27	14.5	5:43	8:15
28	14.6	5:42	8:16
29	14.6	5:42	8:16
30	14.6	5:41	8:17
31	14.6	5:41	8:18

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.56 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)	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
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	6.1	Intense
2	6.1	Intense
3	6.2	Intense
4	6.2	Intense
5	6.2	Intense
6	6.2	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.4	Intense
12	6.4	Intense
13	6.4	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.5	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.6	Intense
19	6.7	Intense
20	6.7	Intense
21	6.7	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.8	Intense
24	6.8	Intense
25	6.9	Intense
26	6.9	Intense
27	6.9	Intense
28	7.0	Intense
29	7.0	Intense
30	7.0	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kanaker-Zeytun?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kanaker-Zeytun for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kanaker-Zeytun in May

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

In May, Kanaker-Zeytun sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 9°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Kanaker-Zeytun in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kanaker-Zeytun peaks around June 22 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	6	8	10	10	10	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Kanaker-Zeytun 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 Kanaker-Zeytun is worst in April — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	19	21	23	23	21	18	16	15	16	17	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	21	Moderate
Apr	23	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kanaker-Zeytun?

Kanaker-Zeytun sits at 40.2°N, 44.5°E, 1,280 m above sea level, in Armenia. The nearest listed city is Arabkir, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Kanaker-Zeytun

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kanaker-Zeytun has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m around an average of 1,225 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,331 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,307 m.

The land around Kanaker-Zeytun is covered by artificial surfaces (61%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

321 m

artificial surfaces 61%

16 km

1,331 m

grassland 56%

80 km

4,307 m

grassland 67%

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

May weather nearby: Arabkir 3.0 km · Avan 3.0 km · Nor Nork 4.0 km · Davtashen 5.0 km · Kentron 5.0 km · Yerevan 5.0 km · Ajapnyak 6.0 km · Shengavit 9.0 km

Armenia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,474; 2025
Happiness: 5.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 82%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 515
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 Kanaker-Zeytun (40.22°, 44.5383°, elevation 1,280 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	16	6
2	17	6
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	18	7
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	20	9
21	21	9
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	22	10
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	23	11
31	23	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	77	23
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	2
2	39	1
3	38	1
4	38	1
5	37	1
6	37	0
7	36	0
8	35	0
9	35	0
10	34	0
11	34	0
12	33	0
13	33	0
14	32	0
15	31	0
16	30	0
17	30	0
18	29	0
19	28	0
20	27	0
21	26	0
22	25	0
23	24	0
24	23	0
25	22	0
26	21	0
27	20	0
28	19	0
29	18	0
30	18	0
31	17	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	16	6
2	17	6
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	18	7
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	20	9
21	21	9
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	22	10
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	23	11
31	23	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	77	23
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	2
2	39	1
3	38	1
4	38	1
5	37	1
6	37	0
7	36	0
8	35	0
9	35	0
10	34	0
11	34	0
12	33	0
13	33	0
14	32	0
15	31	0
16	30	0
17	30	0
18	29	0
19	28	0
20	27	0
21	26	0
22	25	0
23	24	0
24	23	0
25	22	0
26	21	0
27	20	0
28	19	0
29	18	0
30	18	0
31	17	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	16	6
2	17	6
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	18	7
9	18	8
10	18	8
11	18	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	9
16	19	9
17	20	9
18	20	9
19	20	9
20	20	9
21	21	9
22	21	10
23	21	10
24	21	10
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	22	10
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	23	11
31	23	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	54	46
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	55	45
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	57	43
9	58	42
10	60	40
11	60	40
12	61	39
13	62	38
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	68	32
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	73	27
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	77	23
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	2
2	39	1
3	38	1
4	38	1
5	37	1
6	37	0
7	36	0
8	35	0
9	35	0
10	34	0
11	34	0
12	33	0
13	33	0
14	32	0
15	31	0
16	30	0
17	30	0
18	29	0
19	28	0
20	27	0
21	26	0
22	25	0
23	24	0
24	23	0
25	22	0
26	21	0
27	20	0
28	19	0
29	18	0
30	18	0
31	17	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