Pākdasht weather in May

In May, Pākdasht sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2.5 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 25°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 Pākdasht's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pākdasht's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
17°
8th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:04 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
35%
6th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.4
out of 10

Pākdasht is city in Tehran Province, Iran.

Air quality
High
PM2.5 32.8 µg/m³ · 2016

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 25°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in Pākdasht reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 31°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 Pākdasht

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.

Pākdasht 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 / -2°306.539.91.2
Feb10° / 336.9210.72.4
Mar15° / 438.2111.74.9
Apr21° / 11°316.2012.97.3
May28° / 17°132.5013.87.4
Jun34° / 22°20.6014.34.3
Jul36° / 25°10.4014.22.4
Aug35° / 24°20.2013.33.4
Sep31° / 19°10.3012.26.5
Oct24° / 13°102011.18.6
Nov15° / 325.90.410.15.1
Dec / 306.51.49.62.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26733
36733
46832
56832
66931
77030
87129
97228
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30919
31937

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pākdasht gets around 13 mm of rain over 2.5 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 8% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
117
216
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514
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712
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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 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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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 5:18 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:186:43
213.45:176:44
313.55:166:45
413.55:156:45
513.55:146:46
613.65:136:47
713.65:126:48
813.65:116:49
913.75:106:50
1013.75:096:51
1113.75:086:51
1213.85:076:52
1313.85:066:53
1413.85:056:54
1513.85:046:55
1613.95:046:55
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1913.95:016:58
2014.05:016:59
2114.05:006:59
2214.04:597:00
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2814.14:567:05
2914.24:567:05
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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 7.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
26.9Intense
36.9Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
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317.7Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Pākdasht?

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

7.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Pākdasht in May

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

In May, Pākdasht sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Pākdasht 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 Pākdasht peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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 highVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Pākdasht 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 Pākdasht is worst in December — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.5× the cleanest month (July, 15 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Pākdasht's WHO annual average of 32.8 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorDec 2254 µg/m³Jul 1916 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan52Poor
Feb46Poor
Mar34Moderate
Apr32Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov44Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Pākdasht?

Pākdasht sits at 35.5°N, 51.7°E, 1,030 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Mojtame‘-e Maskūnī-ye Nāmjū, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Pākdasht

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pākdasht has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 1,029 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,009 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,828 m.

The land around Pākdasht is covered by artificial surfaces (38%), cropland (32%) and bare terrain (25%) within 3 km, bare terrain (40%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (52%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
1,009 m
80 km
4,828 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Mojtame‘-e Maskūnī-ye Nāmjū 4.0 km · Qīāmdasht 6.0 km · Ferūnābād 7.0 km · Qarchak 11 km · Varāmīn 17 km · Pīshvā 19 km · Kahrīzak 21 km · Shahrak-e ‘Alā’īn 24 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 Pākdasht (35.4785°, 51.6834°, elevation 1,030 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).