Zaqatala weather in May

In May, Zaqatala sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 88 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 14.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 9°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zaqatala's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zaqatala's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 88 mm; 14.4 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 18 min; 5:40 AM – 8:00 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Zaqatala is city in Azerbaijan.

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 9°C in the first days to 14°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zaqatala reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°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)	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Avg low (°C)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

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

How May really feels in Zaqatala

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.

Zaqatala weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-4° / -11°	28	6	7.4	9.3	0.0
Feb	-3° / -10°	36	7.3	8.2	10.3	0.0
Mar	1° / -6°	64	10.7	10.6	11.7	0.0
Apr	6° / -1°	92	14	8.2	13.1	0.5
May	12° / 4°	88	14.4	1.4	14.3	2.8
Jun	17° / 8°	74	11	0.1	15	5.3
Jul	19° / 11°	71	10.4	0.1	14.7	6.6
Aug	19° / 11°	50	7.8	0	13.7	7.0
Sep	15° / 7°	52	7.1	0.3	12.3	5.2
Oct	9° / 1°	52	7.9	2.8	10.9	2.2
Nov	3° / -6°	51	7.4	6.4	9.7	0.0
Dec	-2° / -10°	29	5.8	6.2	9	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%. 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 (%)	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	47	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	57	58	58
Cloudier (%)	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	54	54	53	53	51	50	49	48	47	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitationSnow

Zaqatala gets around 88 mm of rain and snow over 14.4 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 46% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. 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 (%)	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	39
Snow chance (%)	15	14	13	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	51	15
2	51	14
3	51	13
4	51	11
5	50	10
6	50	9
7	50	9
8	50	8
9	50	7
10	50	7
11	49	6
12	49	6
13	49	5
14	49	5
15	48	4
16	48	4
17	47	3
18	47	3
19	46	3
20	46	2
21	45	2
22	44	2
23	43	2
24	42	1
25	42	1
26	41	1
27	40	1
28	40	1
29	39	1
30	39	1
31	39	1

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 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.

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of May to 14 h 48 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 5:57 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 7:44 PM to 8:14 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)	13.8	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	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.7	14.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:28
Sunset (PM)	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	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

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.8	5:57	7:44
2	13.8	5:56	7:45
3	13.9	5:55	7:46
4	13.9	5:53	7:47
5	13.9	5:52	7:48
6	14.0	5:51	7:49
7	14.0	5:50	7:50
8	14.1	5:48	7:51
9	14.1	5:47	7:52
10	14.1	5:46	7:54
11	14.2	5:45	7:55
12	14.2	5:44	7:56
13	14.2	5:43	7:57
14	14.3	5:42	7:58
15	14.3	5:41	7:59
16	14.3	5:40	8:00
17	14.4	5:39	8:01
18	14.4	5:38	8:02
19	14.4	5:37	8:03
20	14.5	5:36	8:04
21	14.5	5:35	8:05
22	14.5	5:34	8:06
23	14.6	5:33	8:07
24	14.6	5:32	8:08
25	14.6	5:32	8:09
26	14.6	5:31	8:09
27	14.7	5:30	8:10
28	14.7	5:30	8:11
29	14.7	5:29	8:12
30	14.7	5:28	8:13
31	14.8	5:28	8:14

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.4	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.5	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Zaqatala?

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

2.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zaqatala.

What to pack for Zaqatala in May

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

In May, Zaqatala sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zaqatala 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 Zaqatala peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	4	5	8	9	10	9	7	4	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Zaqatala 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 Zaqatala is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 6 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)	8	11	13	15	16	14	17	14	13	9	7	6
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	9	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Zaqatala?

Zaqatala sits at 41.6°N, 46.6°E, 503 m above sea level, in Azerbaijan. The nearest listed city is Qax, 33 km away.

Topography around Zaqatala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zaqatala has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 527 m around an average of 530 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,734 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,013 m.

The land around Zaqatala is covered by trees (65%) within 3 km, trees (73%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

527 m

trees 65%

16 km

2,734 m

trees 73%

80 km

4,013 m

grassland 50%

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

May weather nearby: Qax 33 km · Sheki 66 km · Telavi 103 km · Mingachevir 103 km · Shamkir 103 km · Govlar 108 km · Ganja 108 km · Göygöl 119 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

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 Zaqatala (41.6316°, 46.6448°, elevation 503 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	9	1
2	9	1
3	9	2
4	9	2
5	10	2
6	10	2
7	10	2
8	10	2
9	10	3
10	11	3
11	11	3
12	11	3
13	11	3
14	11	3
15	12	4
16	12	4
17	12	4
18	12	4
19	12	4
20	13	4
21	13	4
22	13	5
23	13	5
24	13	5
25	14	5
26	14	5
27	14	5
28	14	5
29	14	6
30	14	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	51	15
2	51	14
3	51	13
4	51	11
5	50	10
6	50	9
7	50	9
8	50	8
9	50	7
10	50	7
11	49	6
12	49	6
13	49	5
14	49	5
15	48	4
16	48	4
17	47	3
18	47	3
19	46	3
20	46	2
21	45	2
22	44	2
23	43	2
24	42	1
25	42	1
26	41	1
27	40	1
28	40	1
29	39	1
30	39	1
31	39	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	51	15
2	51	14
3	51	13
4	51	11
5	50	10
6	50	9
7	50	9
8	50	8
9	50	7
10	50	7
11	49	6
12	49	6
13	49	5
14	49	5
15	48	4
16	48	4
17	47	3
18	47	3
19	46	3
20	46	2
21	45	2
22	44	2
23	43	2
24	42	1
25	42	1
26	41	1
27	40	1
28	40	1
29	39	1
30	39	1
31	39	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	42	58
9	42	58
10	43	57
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	49	51
20	50	50
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	54	46
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	56	44
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	51	15
2	51	14
3	51	13
4	51	11
5	50	10
6	50	9
7	50	9
8	50	8
9	50	7
10	50	7
11	49	6
12	49	6
13	49	5
14	49	5
15	48	4
16	48	4
17	47	3
18	47	3
19	46	3
20	46	2
21	45	2
22	44	2
23	43	2
24	42	1
25	42	1
26	41	1
27	40	1
28	40	1
29	39	1
30	39	1
31	39	1

	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