Jālq weather in May

In May, Jālq sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Jālq's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jālq's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
4:35 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover
19%
7th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical May day in Jālq reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Jālq

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
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.

Jālq weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan18° / 131.610.57.7
Feb21° / 71.6118.4
Mar26° / 13°11211.88.3
Apr32° / 19°30.912.65.2
May37° / 24°10.313.32.2
Jun40° / 26°70.413.70.4
Jul40° / 27°30.513.60.1
Aug39° / 25°30.4131.0
Sep35° / 22°0012.23.4
Oct30° / 17°10.311.36.9
Nov24° / 11°30.510.69.1
Dec19° / 71.110.38.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 82% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18812
28911
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Jālq 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 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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22
32
42
51
61
71
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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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
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131000
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20991
21991
22991
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24991
25991
26991
27991
28982
29982
30982
31982

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 36 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 4:45 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.04:455:47
213.14:445:48
313.14:445:49
413.14:435:49
513.14:425:50
613.24:415:50
713.24:405:51
813.24:405:52
913.24:395:52
1013.24:385:53
1113.34:385:53
1213.34:375:54
1313.34:365:54
1413.34:365:55
1513.34:355:56
1613.44:355:56
1713.44:345:57
1813.44:335:57
1913.44:335:58
2013.44:325:59
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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 7.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.11 kWh/m² to a high of 7.84 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.81 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Jālq

In seasonPeak

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

Jālq sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

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

Is May a good time to visit Jālq?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Jālq.

What to pack for Jālq in May

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

In May, Jālq sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Jālq in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Jālq peaks around May 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateMay 20UV 12Dec 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb8Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr9Very high
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Jālq 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 Jālq is worst in July — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJul 2288 µg/m³Nov 1362 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan76Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar65Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May67Unhealthy
Jun82Unhealthy
Jul89Unhealthy
Aug88Unhealthy
Sep83Unhealthy
Oct68Unhealthy
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec77Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Jālq?

Jālq sits at 27.6°N, 62.7°E, 840 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Sarāvān, 45 km away.

KhāshPīshīnIranshahrQaşr-e QandZahedanNīkshahrChabahar

Topography around Jālq

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jālq has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 864 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 567 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,047 m.

The land around Jālq is covered by bare terrain (73%) within 3 km, bare terrain (99%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
567 m
80 km
2,047 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Sarāvān 45 km · Khāsh 162 km · Pīshīn 194 km · Iranshahr 205 km · Qaşr-e Qand 246 km · Zahedan 277 km · Nīkshahr 291 km · Chabahar 329 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 Jālq (27.6029°, 62.7102°, elevation 840 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).