Qazvin weather in May

In May, Qazvin sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 8.2 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 21°C in the first days to 27°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 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 Qazvin's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Qazvin's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 33 mm; 8.2 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 54 min; 5:09 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Qazvin is city in Qazvin Province, Iran.

Air quality: Moderate; PM10 44 µg/m³ · 2013
Density: 5,202/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical May day in Qazvin reaches about 24°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 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	10
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	12
18	25	12
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	27	13
27	27	13
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

How May really feels in Qazvin

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Qazvin 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -4°	47	8.1	6.2	9.8	0.0
Feb	6° / -2°	56	9.3	5.8	10.6	0.7
Mar	12° / 2°	72	11.1	3.9	11.7	3.2
Apr	18° / 7°	75	11.2	0.8	12.9	5.8
May	24° / 12°	33	8.2	0.1	13.9	7.4
Jun	30° / 16°	7	2	0	14.4	6.4
Jul	33° / 18°	4	1.3	0	14.2	4.6
Aug	33° / 18°	3	0.7	0	13.4	4.7
Sep	29° / 15°	4	1.2	0	12.2	7.4
Oct	22° / 10°	30	5.3	0.1	11.1	7.9
Nov	13° / 3°	55	8	1.9	10.1	3.8
Dec	7° / -1°	48	8.4	4.9	9.6	0.9

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 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	61	61	61	62	63	64	64	66	66	68	69	71	72	74	74	76	77	79	80	81	82	84	84	86	86	88	88	90	90	90	91
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	38	37	36	36	34	34	32	31	29	28	26	26	24	23	21	20	19	18	16	16	14	14	12	12	10	10	10	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	76	24
17	77	23
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Qazvin gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 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 26% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	36
4	36
5	35
6	35
7	34
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	30
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	23
20	22
21	21
22	21
23	20
24	20
25	19
26	19
27	18
28	17
29	17
30	16
31	15

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	97	3

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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
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23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

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 5:23 AM to 4:59 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:15 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:02	5:01	5:01	5:00	5:00	4:59
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	5:23	6:51
2	13.5	5:22	6:52
3	13.5	5:21	6:53
4	13.6	5:20	6:54
5	13.6	5:19	6:54
6	13.6	5:18	6:55
7	13.7	5:17	6:56
8	13.7	5:16	6:57
9	13.7	5:15	6:58
10	13.7	5:14	6:59
11	13.8	5:13	7:00
12	13.8	5:12	7:00
13	13.8	5:11	7:01
14	13.9	5:10	7:02
15	13.9	5:09	7:03
16	13.9	5:09	7:04
17	13.9	5:08	7:05
18	14.0	5:07	7:05
19	14.0	5:06	7:06
20	14.0	5:06	7:07
21	14.0	5:05	7:08
22	14.1	5:04	7:09
23	14.1	5:04	7:09
24	14.1	5:03	7:10
25	14.1	5:02	7:11
26	14.2	5:02	7:12
27	14.2	5:01	7:12
28	14.2	5:01	7:13
29	14.2	5:00	7:14
30	14.2	5:00	7:15
31	14.3	4:59	7:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.47 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.95 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.6	Intense
7	6.7	Intense
8	6.7	Intense
9	6.7	Intense
10	6.8	Intense
11	6.8	Intense
12	6.8	Intense
13	6.9	Intense
14	6.9	Intense
15	6.9	Intense
16	7.0	Intense
17	7.0	Intense
18	7.0	Intense
19	7.1	Intense
20	7.1	Intense
21	7.1	Intense
22	7.1	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.2	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.3	Intense
29	7.3	Intense
30	7.3	Intense
31	7.4	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Qazvin?

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

6.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Qazvin in May

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

In May, Qazvin sees daytime highs around 24°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 Qazvin 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 Qazvin peaks around July 18 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	4	7	9	10	11	10	7	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	7	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Qazvin 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 Qazvin is worst in December — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (July, 37 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	73	69	63	63	54	40	37	39	46	58	68	80
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	73	Unhealthy
Feb	69	Unhealthy
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	63	Unhealthy
May	54	Poor
Jun	40	Poor
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	58	Unhealthy
Nov	68	Unhealthy
Dec	80	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Qazvin?

Qazvin sits at 36.3°N, 50.0°E, 1,300 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Eqbālīyeh, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Qazvin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Qazvin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 1,301 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 847 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,994 m.

The land around Qazvin is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

57 m

artificial surfaces 52%

16 km

847 m

cropland 55%

80 km

3,994 m

grassland 53%

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← April Qazvin year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Eqbālīyeh 8.0 km · Maḩmūdābād Nemūneh 9.0 km · Alvand 10 km · Bīdestān 12 km · Sharīfābād 15 km · Moḩammadīyeh 17 km · Tākestān 35 km · Shāl 46 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

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 Qazvin (36.2688°, 50.0041°, elevation 1,300 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	10
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	12
18	25	12
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	27	13
27	27	13
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	76	24
17	77	23
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	36
4	36
5	35
6	35
7	34
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	30
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	23
20	22
21	21
22	21
23	20
24	20
25	19
26	19
27	18
28	17
29	17
30	16
31	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	10
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	12
18	25	12
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	27	13
27	27	13
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	76	24
17	77	23
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	36
4	36
5	35
6	35
7	34
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	30
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	23
20	22
21	21
22	21
23	20
24	20
25	19
26	19
27	18
28	17
29	17
30	16
31	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	97	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	10
2	21	10
3	21	10
4	22	10
5	22	10
6	22	10
7	22	10
8	22	11
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	12
18	25	12
19	25	12
20	25	12
21	25	12
22	26	13
23	26	13
24	26	13
25	26	13
26	27	13
27	27	13
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	28	14
31	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	68	32
11	69	31
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	76	24
17	77	23
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	82	18
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	36
4	36
5	35
6	35
7	34
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	30
12	29
13	28
14	27
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	23
19	23
20	22
21	21
22	21
23	20
24	20
25	19
26	19
27	18
28	17
29	17
30	16
31	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	97	3