Bardaskan weather in May

In May, Bardaskan sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% 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 Bardaskan's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bardaskan's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 1.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 48 min; 4:39 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 7th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Bardaskan is city in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.

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 29°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical May day in Bardaskan reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 36°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)	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	17
2	29	17
3	29	17
4	29	17
5	29	17
6	29	18
7	30	18
8	30	18
9	30	18
10	30	18
11	30	18
12	31	19
13	31	19
14	31	19
15	31	19
16	31	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	20
20	32	20
21	32	20
22	33	20
23	33	20
24	33	20
25	33	21
26	33	21
27	34	21
28	34	21
29	34	21
30	34	21
31	34	22

How May really feels in Bardaskan

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 12 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

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bardaskan 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 0°	23	4.8	1.1	9.9	2.6
Feb	12° / 2°	31	5.3	0.5	10.7	3.9
Mar	18° / 7°	37	5.7	0.1	11.7	6.6
Apr	25° / 14°	15	3.1	0	12.9	8.0
May	31° / 19°	5	1.4	0	13.8	5.5
Jun	37° / 23°	1	0.2	0	14.3	2.4
Jul	39° / 25°	0	0.2	0	14.1	1.0
Aug	37° / 23°	0	0	0	13.3	2.1
Sep	33° / 19°	0	0	0	12.2	5.1
Oct	26° / 12°	2	0.5	0	11.1	8.8
Nov	17° / 6°	9	2.2	0	10.1	6.9
Dec	12° / 2°	15	3.4	0.3	9.7	3.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. 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 (%)	70	71	71	72	73	73	74	75	75	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	89	89	89	91	91	91	93	93
Cloudier (%)	30	29	29	28	27	27	26	25	25	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	11	11	11	9	9	9	7	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	86	14
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	93	7
31	93	7

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Bardaskan gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.4 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 8% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 4:53 AM to 4:30 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:41 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)	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:38	4:37	4:37	4:36	4:35	4:35	4:34	4:33	4:33	4:32	4:32	4:31	4:31	4:31	4:30
Sunset (PM)	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	4:53	6:17
2	13.4	4:52	6:18
3	13.5	4:51	6:19
4	13.5	4:50	6:20
5	13.5	4:49	6:21
6	13.6	4:48	6:22
7	13.6	4:47	6:22
8	13.6	4:46	6:23
9	13.7	4:45	6:24
10	13.7	4:44	6:25
11	13.7	4:43	6:26
12	13.7	4:42	6:27
13	13.8	4:41	6:27
14	13.8	4:41	6:28
15	13.8	4:40	6:29
16	13.8	4:39	6:30
17	13.9	4:38	6:31
18	13.9	4:37	6:31
19	13.9	4:37	6:32
20	13.9	4:36	6:33
21	14.0	4:35	6:34
22	14.0	4:35	6:34
23	14.0	4:34	6:35
24	14.0	4:33	6:36
25	14.1	4:33	6:37
26	14.1	4:32	6:37
27	14.1	4:32	6:38
28	14.1	4:31	6:39
29	14.1	4:31	6:40
30	14.2	4:31	6:40
31	14.2	4:30	6:41

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.32 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)	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7
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	7.0	Intense
2	7.0	Intense
3	7.0	Intense
4	7.0	Intense
5	7.0	Intense
6	7.1	Intense
7	7.1	Intense
8	7.1	Intense
9	7.2	Intense
10	7.2	Intense
11	7.2	Intense
12	7.2	Intense
13	7.3	Intense
14	7.3	Intense
15	7.3	Intense
16	7.3	Intense
17	7.4	Intense
18	7.4	Intense
19	7.4	Intense
20	7.4	Intense
21	7.5	Intense
22	7.5	Intense
23	7.5	Intense
24	7.5	Intense
25	7.6	Intense
26	7.6	Intense
27	7.6	Intense
28	7.6	Intense
29	7.7	Intense
30	7.7	Intense
31	7.7	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Bardaskan

In seasonPeak

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

Bardaskan sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Bardaskan?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.2

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Bardaskan in May

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

In May, Bardaskan sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bardaskan 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 Bardaskan peaks around July 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	6	7	9	9	11	10	8	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Bardaskan 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 Bardaskan is worst in April — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 13 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)	14	19	23	30	30	23	24	20	25	20	15	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bardaskan?

Bardaskan sits at 35.3°N, 58.0°E, 990 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Kāshmar, 45 km away.

Topography around Bardaskan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bardaskan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m around an average of 988 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 968 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,095 m.

The land around Bardaskan is covered by bare terrain (71%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (88%) within 80 km.

3 km

139 m

bare terrain 71%

16 km

968 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

2,095 m

bare terrain 88%

grasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

May weather nearby: Kāshmar 45 km · Sabzevar 109 km · Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 113 km · Gonābād 120 km · Neyshābūr 129 km · Ferdows 140 km · Boshrūyeh 163 km · Marāgheh 163 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

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 Bardaskan (35.2622°, 57.9708°, elevation 990 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	28	17
2	29	17
3	29	17
4	29	17
5	29	17
6	29	18
7	30	18
8	30	18
9	30	18
10	30	18
11	30	18
12	31	19
13	31	19
14	31	19
15	31	19
16	31	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	20
20	32	20
21	32	20
22	33	20
23	33	20
24	33	20
25	33	21
26	33	21
27	34	21
28	34	21
29	34	21
30	34	21
31	34	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	86	14
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	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	28	17
2	29	17
3	29	17
4	29	17
5	29	17
6	29	18
7	30	18
8	30	18
9	30	18
10	30	18
11	30	18
12	31	19
13	31	19
14	31	19
15	31	19
16	31	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	20
20	32	20
21	32	20
22	33	20
23	33	20
24	33	20
25	33	21
26	33	21
27	34	21
28	34	21
29	34	21
30	34	21
31	34	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	86	14
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	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	28	17
2	29	17
3	29	17
4	29	17
5	29	17
6	29	18
7	30	18
8	30	18
9	30	18
10	30	18
11	30	18
12	31	19
13	31	19
14	31	19
15	31	19
16	31	19
17	32	19
18	32	19
19	32	20
20	32	20
21	32	20
22	33	20
23	33	20
24	33	20
25	33	21
26	33	21
27	34	21
28	34	21
29	34	21
30	34	21
31	34	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	72	28
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	74	26
8	75	25
9	75	25
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	80	20
14	81	19
15	82	18
16	83	17
17	83	17
18	84	16
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	86	14
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	93	7
31	93	7

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

	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