Dārāb weather in May

In May, Dārāb sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Dārāb's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dārāb's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
17°
8th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:05 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
22%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Dārāb is city in Fars 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 28°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical May day in Dārāb reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°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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42815
52815
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How May really feels in Dārāb

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 9 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
9
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.

Dārāb weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 606.10.810.44.0
Feb15° / 535.20.1115.2
Mar18° / 505.3011.87.0
Apr24° / 12°122.3012.78.4
May31° / 17°10.3013.46.2
Jun35° / 21°00.1013.83.3
Jul37° / 24°30.9013.62.3
Aug36° / 22°30.90133.0
Sep32° / 18°00012.25.4
Oct27° / 13°10.1011.38.7
Nov20° / 121.9010.68.0
Dec15° / 393.50.110.25.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
28020
38119
48218
58317
68317
78416
88515
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108614
118713
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26937
27937
28937
29946
30955
31955

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Dārāb gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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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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Dry (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 7 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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227calm
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257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 42 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 5:16 AM to 4:59 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:166:22
213.15:166:22
313.15:156:23
413.25:146:24
513.25:136:24
613.25:126:25
713.25:116:25
813.35:116:26
913.35:106:27
1013.35:096:27
1113.35:086:28
1213.35:086:28
1313.45:076:29
1413.45:066:30
1513.45:066:30
1613.45:056:31
1713.45:056:32
1813.55:046:32
1913.55:046:33
2013.55:036:33
2113.55:036:34
2213.55:026:35
2313.65:026:35
2413.65:016:36
2513.65:016:36
2613.65:006:37
2713.65:006:37
2813.65:006:38
2913.74:596:39
3013.74:596:39
3113.74:596:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.89 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
27.6Intense
37.6Intense
47.6Intense
57.7Intense
67.7Intense
77.7Intense
87.7Intense
97.8Intense
107.8Intense
117.8Intense
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188.0Intense
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248.0Intense
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268.0Intense
278.1Intense
288.1Intense
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308.1Intense
318.1Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Dārāb

In seasonPeak

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

Dārāb 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 Dārāb?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dārāb in May

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

In May, Dārāb sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Dārāb in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dārāb peaks around June 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 17UV 12Dec 21UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb7Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Dārāb 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 Dārāb is worst in July — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateJul 1736 µg/m³Nov 2017 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar30Moderate
Apr35Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul37Poor
Aug26Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dārāb?

Dārāb sits at 28.8°N, 54.5°E, 1,125 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Ḩājjīābād, 45 km away.

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Topography around Dārāb

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dārāb has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 302 m around an average of 1,158 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,947 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,383 m.

The land around Dārāb is covered by bare terrain (39%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, bare terrain (43%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
302 m
16 km
1,947 m
80 km
2,383 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Ḩājjīābād 45 km · Neyrīz 54 km · Estahbān 64 km · Fasā 89 km · Jahrom 100 km · Lār 120 km · Evaz 122 km · Gerāsh 127 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 Dārāb (28.7517°, 54.5406°, elevation 1,125 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).