Shāhīn Shahr weather in May

In May, Shāhīn Shahr sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 11 mm of rain across 3.2 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Shāhīn Shahr's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shāhīn Shahr's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
14°
8th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
3.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:09 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover
38%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Shāhīn Shahr is city in Isfahan province, Iran.

Air quality
Very high
PM2.5 38.9 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 26°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in Shāhīn Shahr reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 32°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 Shāhīn Shahr

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.

Shāhīn Shahr 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 / -3°173.72.210.12.1
Feb12° / -1°143.20.710.84.2
Mar17° / 184.20.211.86.6
Apr23° / 144.4012.87.8
May28° / 14°113.2013.77.0
Jun34° / 19°10.3014.13.9
Jul37° / 21°00.1013.92.3
Aug35° / 19°00013.23.2
Sep32° / 15°10.1012.25.8
Oct25° / 51.6011.28.7
Nov16° / 173.20.210.36.1
Dec11° / -2°143.40.99.93.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% 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 22%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26535
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66832
76832
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Shāhīn Shahr gets around 11 mm of rain over 3.2 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 10% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
117
217
317
417
516
615
715
814
913
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1112
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159
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285
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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 9 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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1210calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 7:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:236:39
213.35:226:40
313.35:216:41
413.45:206:42
513.45:196:42
613.45:186:43
713.55:176:44
813.55:166:45
913.55:156:45
1013.55:146:46
1113.65:136:47
1213.65:126:48
1313.65:126:48
1413.65:116:49
1513.75:106:50
1613.75:096:51
1713.75:096:51
1813.75:086:52
1913.85:076:53
2013.85:076:53
2113.85:066:54
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2313.85:056:56
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2513.95:046:57
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2713.95:036:58
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2914.05:027:00
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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 7.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.29 kWh/m² to a high of 8 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.54 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
27.2Intense
37.2Intense
47.2Intense
57.2Intense
67.3Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Shāhīn Shahr?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Shāhīn Shahr in May

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

In May, Shāhīn Shahr sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shāhīn Shahr 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 Shāhīn Shahr peaks around July 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 16UV 11Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5High
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Shāhīn Shahr 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 Shāhīn Shahr is worst in April — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (August, 30 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Shāhīn Shahr's WHO annual average of 38.9 µg/m³.

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorModerateApr 2050 µg/m³Aug 1931 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb40Poor
Mar44Poor
Apr50Poor
May48Poor
Jun35Moderate
Jul42Poor
Aug30Moderate
Sep36Poor
Oct35Moderate
Nov33Moderate
Dec35Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Shāhīn Shahr?

Shāhīn Shahr sits at 32.9°N, 51.6°E, 1,591 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Gaz-e Borkhar, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Shāhīn Shahr

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shāhīn Shahr has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 1,596 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 979 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,451 m.

The land around Shāhīn Shahr is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and bare terrain (45%) within 3 km, bare terrain (76%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
979 m
80 km
2,451 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Gaz-e Borkhar 9.0 km · Dastgerd 12 km · Khowrzūq 12 km · Dowlatābād 15 km · Khomeynī Shahr 19 km · Rehnān 20 km · Isfahan 26 km · Dorcheh Pīāz 27 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 Shāhīn Shahr (32.8579°, 51.5529°, elevation 1,591 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).