Khāsh weather in May

In May, Khāsh sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°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 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Khāsh's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khāsh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 4:39 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 8th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 7.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Khāsh is city in Sistan and Baluchestan 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 31°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical May day in Khāsh reaches about 33°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 29°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°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)	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35
Avg low (°C)	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How May really feels in Khāsh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 20 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.

Khāsh weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 3°	31	4.1	10.4	5.4
Feb	17° / 5°	22	3.7	11	6.6
Mar	21° / 9°	20	3.9	11.8	8.0
Apr	27° / 15°	5	1.1	12.7	7.9
May	33° / 19°	1	0.4	13.4	4.9
Jun	36° / 22°	1	0.2	13.8	2.8
Jul	37° / 23°	1	0.4	13.6	2.0
Aug	36° / 21°	2	0.2	13	3.0
Sep	33° / 17°	0	0.1	12.2	5.2
Oct	28° / 13°	1	0.3	11.3	8.5
Nov	21° / 8°	3	0.8	10.6	8.8
Dec	17° / 4°	12	2.1	10.2	7.1

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 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%. 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 (%)	87	87	88	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97
Cloudier (%)	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Khāsh gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 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.

	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 (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

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

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 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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
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4	11	calm
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7	11	calm
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14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
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24	11	calm
25	11	calm
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27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min 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 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:50 AM to 4:33 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:12 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	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	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	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	4:50	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:39	4:38	4:38	4:37	4:37	4:36	4:36	4:35	4:35	4:35	4:34	4:34	4:34	4:33	4:33
Sunset (PM)	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	4:50	5:54
2	13.1	4:50	5:55
3	13.1	4:49	5:55
4	13.1	4:48	5:56
5	13.2	4:47	5:57
6	13.2	4:46	5:57
7	13.2	4:46	5:58
8	13.2	4:45	5:58
9	13.3	4:44	5:59
10	13.3	4:43	6:00
11	13.3	4:43	6:00
12	13.3	4:42	6:01
13	13.3	4:41	6:01
14	13.4	4:41	6:02
15	13.4	4:40	6:03
16	13.4	4:39	6:03
17	13.4	4:39	6:04
18	13.4	4:38	6:04
19	13.5	4:38	6:05
20	13.5	4:37	6:06
21	13.5	4:37	6:06
22	13.5	4:36	6:07
23	13.5	4:36	6:07
24	13.5	4:35	6:08
25	13.6	4:35	6:09
26	13.6	4:35	6:09
27	13.6	4:34	6:10
28	13.6	4:34	6:10
29	13.6	4:34	6:11
30	13.6	4:33	6:11
31	13.6	4:33	6:12

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.94 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.84 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)	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	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	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.7	Intense
5	7.7	Intense
6	7.7	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.8	Intense
9	7.8	Intense
10	7.8	Intense
11	7.8	Intense
12	7.8	Intense
13	7.8	Intense
14	7.8	Intense
15	7.8	Intense
16	7.8	Intense
17	7.8	Intense
18	7.9	Intense
19	7.9	Intense
20	7.9	Intense
21	7.9	Intense
22	7.9	Intense
23	7.9	Intense
24	7.9	Intense
25	7.9	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 Khāsh

In seasonPeak

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

Khāsh sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in July.

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Khāsh?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

8.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Khāsh in May

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

In May, Khāsh sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khāsh 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 Khāsh peaks around July 19 at about 13 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	8	10	9	12	11	13	12	10	9	5	5
Level	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	Moderate
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Khāsh 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 Khāsh is worst in July — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (January, 16 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)	16	22	23	29	31	31	45	40	32	26	17	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	45	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Khāsh?

Khāsh sits at 28.2°N, 61.2°E, 1,413 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Iranshahr, 125 km away.

Topography around Khāsh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khāsh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 1,414 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 898 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,222 m.

The land around Khāsh is covered by bare terrain (54%) and artificial surfaces (33%) within 3 km, bare terrain (90%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

bare terrain 54%

16 km

898 m

bare terrain 90%

80 km

3,222 m

bare terrain 98%

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

May weather nearby: Iranshahr 125 km · Sarāvān 145 km · Zahedan 146 km · Jālq 162 km · Qaşr-e Qand 224 km · Nīkshahr 243 km · Pīshīn 244 km · Baravāt 290 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 Khāsh (28.2211°, 61.2158°, elevation 1,413 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	30	17
2	31	18
3	31	18
4	31	18
5	31	18
6	31	18
7	31	18
8	32	18
9	32	19
10	32	19
11	32	19
12	32	19
13	32	19
14	32	19
15	33	19
16	33	19
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	20
21	33	20
22	33	20
23	34	20
24	34	20
25	34	20
26	34	21
27	34	21
28	34	21
29	34	21
30	34	21
31	35	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	87	13
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	88	12
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

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

	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