Kāshmar weather in May

In May, Kāshmar sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.6 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 27°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Kāshmar's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kāshmar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
5th warmest
Overnight low
17°
9th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
1.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
4:37 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
33%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Kāshmar is city in Razavi Khorasan 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 27°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kāshmar reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°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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How May really feels in Kāshmar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 1 day 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
1
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.

Kāshmar 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 / -1°264.91.89.91.6
Feb10° / 336110.72.8
Mar16° / 396.80.511.75.6
Apr23° / 12°203.8012.97.9
May29° / 17°71.6013.86.8
Jun34° / 21°10.3014.33.8
Jul36° / 23°00.1014.12.6
Aug35° / 21°00.1013.33.5
Sep31° / 17°00012.26.5
Oct24° / 11°30.7011.19.0
Nov16° / 92.4010.16.1
Dec10° / 163.70.89.72.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16931
26931
37030
47030
57228
67228
77327
87426
97525
107624
117723
127822
138020
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30928
31928

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kāshmar gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.6 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 5% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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28
38
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58
68
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146
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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 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
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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 4:51 AM to 4:28 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.44:516:15
213.44:506:16
313.54:496:17
413.54:486:18
513.54:476:19
613.64:466:20
713.64:456:20
813.64:446:21
913.74:436:22
1013.74:426:23
1113.74:416:24
1213.74:406:25
1313.84:396:25
1413.84:396:26
1513.84:386:27
1613.84:376:28
1713.94:366:29
1813.94:356:29
1913.94:356:30
2013.94:346:31
2114.04:336:32
2214.04:336:32
2314.04:326:33
2414.04:326:34
2514.14:316:35
2614.14:306:35
2714.14:306:36
2814.14:296:37
2914.14:296:38
3014.24:296:38
3114.24:286:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
26.9Intense
36.9Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
77.0Intense
87.0Intense
97.1Intense
107.1Intense
117.1Intense
127.2Intense
137.2Intense
147.2Intense
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187.3Intense
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287.6Intense
297.6Intense
307.6Intense
317.7Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kāshmar

In seasonPeak

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

Kāshmar sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Kāshmar?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kāshmar in May

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

In May, Kāshmar sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kāshmar 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 Kāshmar peaks around July 19 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 — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 19UV 11Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Kāshmar 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 Kāshmar is worst in May — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1031 µg/m³Dec 2114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar24Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul26Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kāshmar?

Kāshmar sits at 35.2°N, 58.5°E, 1,054 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Bardaskan, 45 km away.

NeyshābūrMarāghehSabzevarFerdowsŢorqabeh

Topography around Kāshmar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kāshmar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 1,057 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,316 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,131 m.

The land around Kāshmar is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), cropland (36%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (72%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (81%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
1,316 m
80 km
2,131 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Bardaskan 45 km · Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 69 km · Gonābād 100 km · Neyshābūr 112 km · Marāgheh 124 km · Sabzevar 129 km · Ferdows 138 km · Ţorqabeh 145 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 Kāshmar (35.2383°, 58.4656°, elevation 1,054 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).