Gazakh weather in May

In May, Gazakh sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 112 mm of precipitation across 20.3 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gazakh's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gazakh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Precipitation
112 mm
20.3 wet days
Daylight
14 h 18 min
5:46 AM – 8:04 PM
Cloud cover
65%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Gazakh is city in Azerbaijan.

Density
2,080/km²
people per km²
Founded
1909

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 16°C in the first days to 21°C by the end.

A typical May day in Gazakh reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Gazakh

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.

Gazakh 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 / -4°245.75.59.40.0
Feb / -3°327.36.710.40.1
Mar / 6412.17.211.71.7
Apr14° / 9717.63.413.13.3
May19° / 10°11220.30.214.34.6
Jun24° / 15°7314.6014.96.2
Jul27° / 18°489014.77.0
Aug27° / 17°348013.67.2
Sep22° / 13°429.1012.36.9
Oct16° / 5410.80.710.95.2
Nov10° / 4083.59.72.3
Dec / -2°255.64.69.10.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23169
33169
43268
53268
63268
73367
83367
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113664
123763
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Gazakh gets around 112 mm of rain and snow over 20.3 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 65% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1675
2674
3683
4683
5682
6692
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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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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29820
39820
49730
59730
69730
79730
89640
99640
109640
119550
129550
139550
149460
159460
169370
179370
189280
199190
2090100
2187121
2286131
2384151
2482171
2580191
2678202
2776222
2875232
2972253
3070273
3169283

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 60 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 7:48 PM to 8:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.76:047:48
213.86:027:49
313.86:017:50
413.96:007:51
513.95:587:52
613.95:577:53
714.05:567:54
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914.05:547:56
1014.15:527:57
1114.15:517:58
1214.25:507:59
1314.25:498:01
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1514.35:478:03
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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 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Gazakh

In seasonPeak

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

Gazakh's rainy season runs March–June, 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 Gazakh?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gazakh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gazakh in May

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

In May, Gazakh sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Gazakh in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gazakh peaks around June 23 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low

Air quality in Gazakh 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 Gazakh is worst in July — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (October, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJul 1619 µg/m³Oct 2311 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb15Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov11Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Gazakh?

Gazakh sits at 41.1°N, 45.4°E, 378 m above sea level, in Azerbaijan. The nearest listed city is Ijevan, 30 km away.

IjevanGovlarDilijanAlaverdiRustaviShamkirMarneuliSevan

Topography around Gazakh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gazakh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m around an average of 388 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,204 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,997 m.

The land around Gazakh is covered by artificial surfaces (31%), cropland (28%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
170 m
16 km
1,204 m
80 km
2,997 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Ijevan 30 km · Govlar 35 km · Dilijan 58 km · Alaverdi 58 km · Rustavi 61 km · Shamkir 62 km · Marneuli 65 km · Sevan 70 km

Azerbaijan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 28% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$7,411
2025
Happiness
5.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
58%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
6.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 454
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Gazakh (41.0925°, 45.3656°, elevation 378 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).