Golpāyegān weather in May

In May, Golpāyegān sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 19 mm of rain across 5.3 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 21°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Golpāyegān's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Golpāyegān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
5th warmest
Overnight low
10°
8th coldest
Rainfall
19 mm
5.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:13 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
38%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Golpāyegān is city in Isfahan 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 21°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical May day in Golpāyegān reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1218
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5218
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7229
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How May really feels in Golpāyegān

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Golpāyegān 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
Jan / -6°275.54.7100.2
Feb / -4°305.73.710.81.5
Mar12° / -0°366.72.511.73.8
Apr18° / 317.40.212.86.2
May24° / 10°195.3013.77.8
Jun31° / 15°30.9014.26.3
Jul34° / 19°10.20144.1
Aug33° / 18°10.1013.24.8
Sep29° / 13°10.5012.27.7
Oct21° / 113.2011.28.2
Nov13° / 254.90.910.34.4
Dec / -4°23539.81.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36535
46535
56634
66634
76634
86832
96931
106931
117030
127129
137327
147327
157426
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Golpāyegān gets around 19 mm of rain over 5.3 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 17% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
125
225
325
424
524
623
722
822
921
1020
1119
1219
1318
1417
1517
1616
1716
1815
1915
2014
2114
2213
2313
2412
2512
2611
2711
2810
2910
309
319

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

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 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:27 AM to 5:05 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:276:45
213.35:266:46
313.45:256:47
413.45:246:48
513.45:236:48
613.55:226:49
713.55:216:50
813.55:206:51
913.55:196:52
1013.65:186:52
1113.65:176:53
1213.65:166:54
1313.65:166:55
1413.75:156:55
1513.75:146:56
1613.75:136:57
1713.75:136:58
1813.85:126:58
1913.85:116:59
2013.85:117:00
2113.85:107:01
2213.95:097:01
2313.95:097:02
2413.95:087:03
2513.95:087:03
2613.95:077:04
2714.05:077:05
2814.05:067:05
2914.05:067:06
3014.05:067:07
3114.05:057:07

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.38 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
27.0Intense
37.0Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
67.1Intense
77.1Intense
87.1Intense
97.2Intense
107.2Intense
117.2Intense
127.3Intense
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297.8Intense
307.8Intense
317.8Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Golpāyegān?

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

7.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.4
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Golpāyegān for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Golpāyegān in May

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

In May, Golpāyegān sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Golpāyegān 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 Golpāyegān peaks around July 20 at about 11 (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 highModerateJul 20UV 11Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Golpāyegān 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 Golpāyegān is worst in April — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (August, 25 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1939 µg/m³Aug 1825 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr39Poor
May37Poor
Jun29Moderate
Jul31Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Golpāyegān?

Golpāyegān sits at 33.5°N, 50.3°E, 1,830 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Khānsār, 26 km away.

Topography around Golpāyegān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Golpāyegān has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 1,818 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,375 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,652 m.

The land around Golpāyegān is covered by cropland (48%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (59%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (53%), grassland (23%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
1,375 m
80 km
2,652 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Khānsār 26 km · Khomeyn 28 km · Dārān 53 km · Maḩallāt 53 km · Alīgūdarz 56 km · Delījān 70 km · Aznā 77 km · Arāk 90 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 Golpāyegān (33.4537°, 50.2884°, elevation 1,830 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).