Pardīs weather in May

In May, Pardīs sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 24 mm of precipitation across 5.2 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 Pardīs's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pardīs's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
5th warmest
Overnight low
12°
8th coldest
Precipitation
24 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:03 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
39%
6th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Pardīs is city in Tehran Province, Iran.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 14.7 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 17°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Pardīs reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 24°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 Pardīs

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.

Pardīs 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-0° / -8°366.96.89.90.0
Feb / -6°447.77.410.60.0
Mar / -1°599.46.111.70.8
Apr13° / 509.71.212.93.9
May20° / 12°245.20.213.97.3
Jun27° / 18°71.7014.48.6
Jul30° / 21°51.3014.27.0
Aug28° / 20°51.1013.47.9
Sep24° / 16°61.3012.29.1
Oct17° / 2040.111.16.7
Nov / 406.93.510.11.8
Dec / -6°366.96.29.60.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% 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 (%)
16238
26238
36337
46337
56436
66535
76634
86733
96733
106931
117030
127129
137228
147327
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Pardīs gets around 24 mm of rain and snow over 5.2 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 17% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
126
225
324
423
523
622
722
821
921
1020
1119
1219
1318
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1517
1617
1717
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2015
2114
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2710
2810
299
308
318

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 7 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
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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 5:17 AM to 4:54 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:176:43
213.55:166:44
313.55:156:45
413.55:146:45
513.65:136:46
613.65:126:47
713.65:116:48
813.75:106:49
913.75:096:50
1013.75:086:51
1113.75:076:51
1213.85:066:52
1313.85:056:53
1413.85:046:54
1513.95:036:55
1613.95:036:55
1713.95:026:56
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1914.05:006:58
2014.05:006:59
2114.04:596:59
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2714.14:557:04
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2914.24:547:05
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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 7.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.1 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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317.5Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Pardīs?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Pardīs for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Pardīs in May

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

In May, Pardīs sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Pardīs in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pardīs peaks around July 18 at about 11 (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 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 18UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5High
Apr8Very high
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Pardīs 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 Pardīs is worst in January — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.1× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Pardīs's WHO annual average of 14.7 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateJan 1222 µg/m³Jul 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May12Moderate
Jun9Good
Jul7Good
Aug8Good
Sep11Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Pardīs?

Pardīs sits at 35.7°N, 51.8°E, 1,848 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Būmahen, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Pardīs

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pardīs has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 689 m around an average of 1,873 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,264 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,353 m.

The land around Pardīs is covered by grassland (39%), bare terrain (30%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and bare terrain (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
689 m
16 km
2,264 m
80 km
5,353 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Būmahen 5.0 km · Rūdehen 9.0 km · Lavāsān 17 km · Damāvand 23 km · Qīāmdasht 29 km · Ferūnābād 31 km · Vaḩīdīyeh 31 km · Mojtame‘-e Maskūnī-ye Nāmjū 32 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 Pardīs (35.7469°, 51.8122°, elevation 1,848 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).