Boshrūyeh weather in May

In May, Boshrūyeh sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 13.7 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 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 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Boshrūyeh's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boshrūyeh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
9th coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
4:44 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
30%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Boshrūyeh is city in South Khorasan 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 34°C by the end.

A typical May day in Boshrūyeh reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Boshrūyeh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 16 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
16
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.

Boshrūyeh 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
Jan12° / 234.81103.5
Feb14° / 224.80.310.75.1
Mar20° / 316.3011.77.1
Apr26° / 15°143.6012.87.7
May32° / 20°51.4013.75.1
Jun37° / 24°00.1014.22.1
Jul38° / 26°000141.2
Aug37° / 24°00013.32.4
Sep33° / 20°00012.24.8
Oct27° / 15°10.3011.18.5
Nov19° / 82.3010.27.5
Dec14° / 143.50.29.84.8

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 15% 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 (%)
17030
27030
37228
47228
57327
67426
77525
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Boshrūyeh 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. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 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 4:57 AM to 4:36 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.34:576:17
213.44:566:18
313.44:556:19
413.44:546:20
513.54:536:21
613.54:526:21
713.54:516:22
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1013.64:496:25
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1213.74:476:26
1313.74:466:27
1413.74:456:28
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1613.84:446:29
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2013.84:416:32
2113.94:416:33
2213.94:406:34
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2514.04:386:36
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2714.04:376:37
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2914.04:366:38
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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 3.11 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
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Boshrūyeh

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Boshrūyeh?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Boshrūyeh in May

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in Boshrūyeh 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 Boshrūyeh peaks around July 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 15UV 10Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Boshrūyeh 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 Boshrūyeh is worst in July — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 21 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1750 µg/m³Dec 1421 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar33Moderate
Apr42Poor
May42Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul51Poor
Aug43Poor
Sep45Poor
Oct31Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Boshrūyeh?

Boshrūyeh sits at 33.9°N, 57.4°E, 879 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Tabas, 56 km away.

GonābādBardaskanQā’enKāshmarBīrjandTorbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh

Topography around Boshrūyeh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boshrūyeh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 882 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 447 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,282 m.

The land around Boshrūyeh is covered by cropland (57%) and bare terrain (32%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
447 m
80 km
2,282 m
croplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Tabas 56 km · Ferdows 71 km · Gonābād 127 km · Bardaskan 163 km · Qā’en 163 km · Kāshmar 179 km · Bīrjand 200 km · Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 227 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 Boshrūyeh (33.8685°, 57.4288°, elevation 879 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).