Mīāndoāb weather in May

In May, Mīāndoāb sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 29 mm of rain across 7.8 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mīāndoāb's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mīāndoāb's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
29 mm
7.8 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
5:23 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover
40%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Mīāndoāb is city in West Azerbaijan 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 23°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mīāndoāb reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Mīāndoāb

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.

Mīāndoāb weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°286.13.99.80.6
Feb / -2°3573.110.61.8
Mar14° / 4491.111.74.4
Apr20° / 4690.112.96.6
May26° / 12°297.8013.97.2
Jun32° / 17°51.5014.55.1
Jul35° / 20°20.7014.33.1
Aug35° / 19°10.5013.43.2
Sep31° / 14°20.6012.36.3
Oct23° / 163.50118.3
Nov14° / 325.80.6104.9
Dec / -2°306.32.29.51.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26733
36832
46832
56832
67030
77030
87129
97129
107228
117426
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137525
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mīāndoāb gets around 29 mm of rain over 7.8 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 24% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
130
230
330
430
530
630
729
829
928
1028
1127
1226
1326
1425
1524
1624
1724
1823
1923
2022
2122
2221
2321
2420
2520
2619
2718
2817
2917
3016
3115

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.

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 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 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 5:38 AM to 5:13 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:33 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:387:08
213.55:377:09
313.65:367:09
413.65:347:10
513.65:337:11
613.75:327:12
713.75:317:13
813.75:307:14
913.85:297:15
1013.85:287:16
1113.85:277:17
1213.95:267:17
1313.95:257:18
1413.95:247:19
1513.95:247:20
1614.05:237:21
1714.05:227:22
1814.05:217:23
1914.15:207:23
2014.15:207:24
2114.15:197:25
2214.15:187:26
2314.25:187:27
2414.25:177:27
2514.25:167:28
2614.25:167:29
2714.25:157:30
2814.35:157:31
2914.35:147:31
3014.35:147:32
3114.35:137:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.49 kWh/m² to a high of 7.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.14 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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107.0Intense
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277.5Intense
287.5Intense
297.6Intense
307.6Intense
317.6Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Mīāndoāb?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mīāndoāb in May

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

In May, Mīāndoāb sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Mīāndoāb 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 Mīāndoāb peaks around July 13 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 13UV 11Jan 12UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Mīāndoāb 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 Mīāndoāb is worst in May — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1035 µg/m³Dec 1723 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr34Moderate
May35Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mīāndoāb?

Mīāndoāb sits at 37.0°N, 46.1°E, 1,294 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Malekān, 20 km away.

Topography around Mīāndoāb

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mīāndoāb has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 1,297 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 231 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,245 m.

The land around Mīāndoāb is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
231 m
80 km
2,245 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Malekān 20 km · Mahābād 41 km · Bonāb 42 km · Marāgheh 49 km · Būkān 50 km · Shāhīn Dezh 52 km · Ajab Shīr 60 km · Naqadeh 64 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 Mīāndoāb (36.9667°, 46.1096°, elevation 1,294 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).