Neyshābūr weather in May

In May, Neyshābūr sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 36 mm of rain across 8 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% 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 Neyshābūr's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Neyshābūr's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Rainfall
36 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
4:34 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
41%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Neyshābūr is city in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.

Founded
~250 CE

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 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Neyshābūr reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Neyshābūr

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.

Neyshābūr weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°326.54.99.80.3
Feb / -2°457.84.710.61.2
Mar13° / 6110.53.611.73.7
Apr20° / 469.70.712.96.4
May25° / 12°368013.97.4
Jun30° / 16°123.1014.46.1
Jul33° / 18°51.5014.25.0
Aug32° / 17°20.5013.45.8
Sep28° / 13°30.9012.28.1
Oct22° / 920.111.18.5
Nov14° / 194.10.810.14.8
Dec / -1°234.52.59.61.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 25%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
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56337
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Neyshābūr gets around 36 mm of rain over 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 26% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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529
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729
829
928
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1128
1228
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1527
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2124
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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 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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 4:48 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.54:486:16
213.54:476:17
313.54:466:17
413.64:456:18
513.64:446:19
613.64:436:20
713.74:426:21
813.74:416:22
913.74:406:23
1013.74:396:23
1113.84:386:24
1213.84:376:25
1313.84:366:26
1413.94:356:27
1513.94:346:28
1613.94:346:29
1713.94:336:29
1814.04:326:30
1914.04:316:31
2014.04:316:32
2114.04:306:33
2214.14:296:33
2314.14:296:34
2414.14:286:35
2514.14:276:36
2614.24:276:36
2714.24:266:37
2814.24:266:38
2914.24:256:39
3014.24:256:39
3114.34:246:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Neyshābūr?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Neyshābūr in May

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

In May, Neyshābūr sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Neyshābūr 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 Neyshābūr peaks around July 17 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 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 17UV 12Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Neyshābūr 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 Neyshābūr is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1031 µg/m³Dec 2117 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Neyshābūr?

Neyshābūr sits at 36.2°N, 58.8°E, 1,199 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Ţorqabeh, 53 km away.

SabzevarQūchān

Topography around Neyshābūr

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Neyshābūr has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 1,201 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,667 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,373 m.

The land around Neyshābūr is covered by artificial surfaces (70%) within 3 km, cropland (52%) and bare terrain (33%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (50%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
1,667 m
80 km
2,373 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Ţorqabeh 53 km · Golbahār 53 km · Chenārān 56 km · Mashad 73 km · Gorjī-ye Soflá 81 km · Marāgheh 87 km · Sabzevar 100 km · Qūchān 102 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 Neyshābūr (36.2133°, 58.7957°, elevation 1,199 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).