Ardakān weather in May

In May, Ardakān sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ardakān's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ardakān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:01 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
32%
9th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Ardakān is city in Yazd Province, Iran.

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 30°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ardakān reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 18 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
18
heat index over the day's high
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.

Ardakān weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 184.41.410.14.6
Feb17° / 122.70.410.86.6
Mar22° / 163.70.111.87.9
Apr27° / 15°112.7012.87.6
May32° / 20°41.1013.64.8
Jun38° / 24°00014.11.7
Jul39° / 26°00.1013.90.4
Aug38° / 24°00013.21.5
Sep34° / 20°00012.24.0
Oct28° / 14°20.5011.28.0
Nov20° / 92.10.110.37.9
Dec15° / 142.90.49.95.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26931
36931
47030
57129
67228
77327
87525
97624
107822
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31955

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ardakān gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.1 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 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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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 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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128calm
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278calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 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 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:13 AM to 4:53 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:136:29
213.35:126:30
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413.35:116:31
513.45:106:32
613.45:096:32
713.45:086:33
813.45:076:34
913.55:066:35
1013.55:056:35
1113.55:046:36
1213.65:046:37
1313.65:036:38
1413.65:026:38
1513.65:016:39
1613.75:016:40
1713.75:006:40
1813.74:596:41
1913.74:596:42
2013.74:586:42
2113.84:586:43
2213.84:576:44
2313.84:566:45
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2513.84:556:46
2613.94:556:47
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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 7.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.32 kWh/m² to a high of 8.03 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.59 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
27.2Intense
37.2Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
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87.4Intense
97.4Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ardakān

In seasonPeak

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

Ardakān sees seasonal dust haze (July), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
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May
Jun
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Aug
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Is May a good time to visit Ardakān?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ardakān for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ardakān in May

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

In May, Ardakān sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ardakān 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 Ardakān peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 10Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ardakān 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 Ardakān is worst in April — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 2231 µg/m³Dec 1014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ardakān?

Ardakān sits at 32.3°N, 54.0°E, 1,040 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Meybod, 7.0 km away.

Nā’īnAbarkūhBāfq

Topography around Ardakān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ardakān has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 1,040 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 928 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,248 m.

The land around Ardakān is covered by artificial surfaces (55%) and bare terrain (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
928 m
80 km
3,248 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Meybod 7.0 km · Ashkez̄ar 39 km · Yazd 57 km · Taft 65 km · Mahrīz 90 km · Nā’īn 106 km · Abarkūh 149 km · Bāfq 152 km

Iran travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 352% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,924
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
94%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2014
Road deaths
21.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 492
Religion
Muslim 99%Christian 1%Baha'i 0%agnostic 0%

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 Ardakān (32.31°, 54.0175°, elevation 1,040 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).