Lordegān weather in May

In May, Lordegān sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 14 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Lordegān's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lordegān's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:15 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover
30%
6th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Lordegān is city in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran.

Density
12/km²
people per km²

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 20°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical May day in Lordegān reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 7°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Lordegān

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.

Lordegān 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 / -8°14310.99.410.20.0
Feb / -6°13010.47.310.80.2
Mar11° / 13610.83.311.82.8
Apr17° / 7190.212.75.8
May24° / 11°143013.68.3
Jun30° / 16°10.20146.8
Jul33° / 19°10.3013.84.7
Aug33° / 18°00013.15.1
Sep29° / 14°00.2012.27.9
Oct22° / 91.7011.28.7
Nov14° / 806.90.710.44.7
Dec / -4°1198.75.2101.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% 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 (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Lordegān gets around 14 mm of rain over 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 10% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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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Wind in May

Winds average 4 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 min 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 5:08 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 7:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:276:40
213.25:266:41
313.35:256:42
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513.35:246:43
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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 7.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.28 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.6 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Lordegān

In seasonPeak

None of Lordegān's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Lordegān's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Lordegān?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Lordegān in May

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

In May, Lordegān sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 3 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Lordegān 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 Lordegān peaks around July 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 19UV 13Jan 13UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb6High
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul13Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Lordegān 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 Lordegān is worst in April — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1933 µg/m³Dec 1217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb24Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lordegān?

Lordegān sits at 31.5°N, 50.8°E, 1,764 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Borūjen, 66 km away.

Topography around Lordegān

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lordegān has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m around an average of 1,603 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,171 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,718 m.

The land around Lordegān is covered by cropland (60%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) within 16 km, and grassland (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
297 m
16 km
2,171 m
80 km
3,718 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Borūjen 66 km · Semīrom 71 km · Hafshejān 79 km · Dehdasht 84 km · Charām 85 km · Farrokh Shahr 86 km · Fārsān 86 km · Bāgh-e Malek 89 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 Lordegān (31.5134°, 50.8267°, elevation 1,764 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).