Fīrūzābād weather in May

In May, Fīrūzābād sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-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 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 Fīrūzābād's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fīrūzābād's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:13 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 6th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Fīrūzābād is city in Fars 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 Fīrūzābād 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 28°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°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	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	35
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	15
2	28	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	30	16
9	30	16
10	30	16
11	30	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	32	17
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	19
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	34	19
31	35	19

How May really feels in Fīrūzābād

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 13 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.

Fīrūzābād weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 3°	91	7.6	10.4	4.4
Feb	15° / 4°	65	6.6	11	5.4
Mar	19° / 7°	55	6.3	11.8	7.1
Apr	25° / 12°	19	3.3	12.7	8.2
May	31° / 17°	2	0.5	13.4	5.7
Jun	36° / 21°	0	0	13.8	2.7
Jul	37° / 23°	2	0.6	13.7	1.8
Aug	37° / 23°	4	1.5	13	2.2
Sep	34° / 19°	2	0.6	12.2	4.4
Oct	28° / 14°	1	0.4	11.3	7.9
Nov	21° / 8°	25	3.3	10.6	8.1
Dec	16° / 4°	58	5	10.2	6.1

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 8% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. 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 (%)	76	76	78	78	79	81	81	83	83	85	85	85	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	93	93	93	94
Cloudier (%)	24	24	22	22	21	19	19	17	17	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	79	21
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	94	6

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Fīrūzābād gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.5 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 2% and peaks near 5% 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 (%)	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 9 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

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.

	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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

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 5:24 AM to 5:06 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:48 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)	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:06
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	5:24	6:30
2	13.1	5:23	6:30
3	13.1	5:22	6:31
4	13.2	5:22	6:32
5	13.2	5:21	6:32
6	13.2	5:20	6:33
7	13.2	5:19	6:33
8	13.3	5:18	6:34
9	13.3	5:18	6:35
10	13.3	5:17	6:35
11	13.3	5:16	6:36
12	13.4	5:15	6:37
13	13.4	5:15	6:37
14	13.4	5:14	6:38
15	13.4	5:14	6:38
16	13.4	5:13	6:39
17	13.5	5:12	6:40
18	13.5	5:12	6:40
19	13.5	5:11	6:41
20	13.5	5:11	6:41
21	13.5	5:10	6:42
22	13.5	5:10	6:43
23	13.6	5:09	6:43
24	13.6	5:09	6:44
25	13.6	5:08	6:44
26	13.6	5:08	6:45
27	13.6	5:08	6:46
28	13.6	5:07	6:46
29	13.7	5:07	6:47
30	13.7	5:07	6:47
31	13.7	5:06	6:48

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.81 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0
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	7.4	Intense
2	7.4	Intense
3	7.5	Intense
4	7.5	Intense
5	7.5	Intense
6	7.5	Intense
7	7.6	Intense
8	7.6	Intense
9	7.6	Intense
10	7.7	Intense
11	7.7	Intense
12	7.7	Intense
13	7.8	Intense
14	7.8	Intense
15	7.8	Intense
16	7.8	Intense
17	7.9	Intense
18	7.9	Intense
19	7.9	Intense
20	7.9	Intense
21	7.9	Intense
22	7.9	Intense
23	8.0	Intense
24	8.0	Intense
25	8.0	Intense
26	8.0	Intense
27	8.0	Intense
28	8.0	Intense
29	8.0	Intense
30	8.0	Intense
31	8.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Fīrūzābād

In seasonPeak

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

Fīrūzābād sees seasonal dust haze (March–May), heaviest in April.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Fīrūzābād?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

8.5

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Fīrūzābād in May

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

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

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UV index in Fīrūzābād in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fīrūzābād peaks around June 22 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	7	9	7	10	12	11	11	8	8	6	4
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Fīrūzābād 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 Fīrūzābād is worst in July — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 19 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)	24	27	32	36	36	29	37	29	24	23	19	22
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	36	Poor
May	36	Poor
Jun	29	Moderate
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Fīrūzābād?

Fīrūzābād sits at 28.8°N, 52.6°E, 1,316 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Kavār, 42 km away.

Topography around Fīrūzābād

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fīrūzābād has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m around an average of 1,345 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,752 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,993 m.

The land around Fīrūzābād is covered by cropland (35%), artificial surfaces (34%) and bare terrain (22%) within 3 km, grassland (32%), bare terrain (26%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (46%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

324 m

cropland 35%

16 km

1,752 m

grassland 32%

80 km

2,993 m

bare terrain 46%

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

May weather nearby: Kavār 42 km · Farrāshband 46 km · Ābādeh 59 km · Qīr 61 km · Sarvestān 79 km · Shiraz 85 km · Jahrom 104 km · Zarqān 104 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 Fīrūzābād (28.8446°, 52.5715°, elevation 1,316 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	15
2	28	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	30	16
9	30	16
10	30	16
11	30	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	32	17
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	19
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	34	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	79	21
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	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	15
2	28	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	30	16
9	30	16
10	30	16
11	30	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	32	17
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	19
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	34	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	79	21
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	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	15
2	28	15
3	29	15
4	29	15
5	29	16
6	29	16
7	29	16
8	30	16
9	30	16
10	30	16
11	30	17
12	31	17
13	31	17
14	31	17
15	31	17
16	31	17
17	32	17
18	32	18
19	32	18
20	32	18
21	32	18
22	33	18
23	33	18
24	33	18
25	33	19
26	34	19
27	34	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	34	19
31	35	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	78	22
4	78	22
5	79	21
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	85	15
11	85	15
12	85	15
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7
31	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	4
3	4
4	3
5	3
6	3
7	3
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	1
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	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