Eqbālīyeh weather in May

In May, Eqbālīyeh sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.2 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 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% 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 Eqbālīyeh's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eqbālīyeh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:05 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
35%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Eqbālīyeh is human settlement in 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 29°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Eqbālīyeh reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°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 7°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Eqbālīyeh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 14 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
14
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.

Eqbālīyeh 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
Jan11° / 2251.39.93.0
Feb14° / 214.90.810.74.6
Mar19° / 305.60.211.77.0
Apr25° / 13°234.6012.97.8
May32° / 19°92.2013.85.1
Jun38° / 24°20.5014.31.5
Jul40° / 27°10.2014.10.0
Aug39° / 25°10.2013.30.6
Sep35° / 20°10.3012.23.7
Oct27° / 14°71.7011.17.9
Nov18° / 224.20.110.16.7
Dec12° / 204.50.39.73.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16832
26832
36832
47030
57030
67129
77228
87327
97327
107525
117624
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Eqbālīyeh gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.2 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 7% and peaks near 13% 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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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 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 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 5:19 AM to 4:56 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:196:43
213.45:186:44
313.55:176:45
413.55:166:46
513.55:156:47
613.65:146:47
713.65:136:48
813.65:126:49
913.75:116:50
1013.75:106:51
1113.75:096:52
1213.75:086:52
1313.85:076:53
1413.85:066:54
1513.85:056:55
1613.95:056:56
1713.95:046:56
1813.95:036:57
1913.95:026:58
2014.05:026:59
2114.05:017:00
2214.05:007:00
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2414.04:597:02
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2614.14:587:03
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2814.14:577:05
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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 7.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.75 kWh/m² to a high of 7.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.37 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
27.0Intense
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47.0Intense
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67.1Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Eqbālīyeh?

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
7.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Eqbālīyeh in May

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

In May, Eqbālīyeh sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Eqbālīyeh 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 Eqbālīyeh peaks around July 18 at about 10 (very high) — 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 — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 18UV 10Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Eqbālīyeh 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 Eqbālīyeh is worst in December — around 149 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (July, 42 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyDec 22148 µg/m³Jul 1943 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan145Unhealthy
Feb126Unhealthy
Mar95Unhealthy
Apr88Unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun52Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug47Poor
Sep62Unhealthy
Oct86Unhealthy
Nov123Unhealthy
Dec149Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Eqbālīyeh?

Eqbālīyeh sits at 35.3°N, 51.5°E, 879 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Varāmīn, 10 km away.

Topography around Eqbālīyeh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eqbālīyeh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 882 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,384 m.

The land around Eqbālīyeh is covered by cropland (63%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and bare terrain (36%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
408 m
80 km
3,384 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Varāmīn 10 km · Qarchak 15 km · Pīshvā 17 km · Pākdasht 24 km · Ferūnābād 25 km · Mojtame‘-e Maskūnī-ye Nāmjū 25 km · Qīāmdasht 27 km · Bāqershahr 28 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 Eqbālīyeh (35.3022°, 51.5358°, 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).