Tabas weather in May

In May, Tabas sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 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 31°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% 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 Tabas's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tabas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 34°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 42 min; 4:46 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 7.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Tabas is city in South Khorasan Province, Iran.

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 31°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tabas reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°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)	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24

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

How May really feels in Tabas

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 26 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

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Tabas 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 3°	13	3.1	10	4.7
Feb	17° / 6°	11	2.5	10.8	6.5
Mar	22° / 11°	15	3.3	11.7	8.1
Apr	28° / 17°	7	1.5	12.8	7.4
May	34° / 22°	1	0.1	13.7	4.0
Jun	39° / 26°	0	0	14.2	0.7
Jul	41° / 27°	0	0	14	0.0
Aug	39° / 25°	0	0	13.2	0.8
Sep	35° / 21°	0	0	12.2	3.4
Oct	29° / 16°	1	0.1	11.2	7.6
Nov	21° / 9°	3	1	10.3	8.3
Dec	15° / 5°	8	2.1	9.8	5.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. 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 (%)	74	75	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	85	85	87	87	87	88	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	95
Cloudier (%)	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	15	15	13	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tabas gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May, the windiest month of the year.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

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 5:00 AM to 4:38 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:41 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)	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:55	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:44	4:43	4:43	4:42	4:41	4:41	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:39	4:39	4:38
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	5:00	6:19
2	13.3	4:59	6:20
3	13.4	4:58	6:21
4	13.4	4:57	6:21
5	13.4	4:56	6:22
6	13.5	4:55	6:23
7	13.5	4:54	6:24
8	13.5	4:53	6:25
9	13.6	4:52	6:25
10	13.6	4:51	6:26
11	13.6	4:50	6:27
12	13.6	4:50	6:28
13	13.7	4:49	6:28
14	13.7	4:48	6:29
15	13.7	4:47	6:30
16	13.7	4:46	6:31
17	13.8	4:46	6:31
18	13.8	4:45	6:32
19	13.8	4:44	6:33
20	13.8	4:44	6:34
21	13.9	4:43	6:34
22	13.9	4:43	6:35
23	13.9	4:42	6:36
24	13.9	4:41	6:36
25	13.9	4:41	6:37
26	14.0	4:40	6:38
27	14.0	4:40	6:38
28	14.0	4:40	6:39
29	14.0	4:39	6:40
30	14.0	4:39	6:40
31	14.0	4:38	6:41

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.17 kWh/m² to a high of 8.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.64 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)	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0
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	7.3	Intense
2	7.3	Intense
3	7.3	Intense
4	7.3	Intense
5	7.4	Intense
6	7.4	Intense
7	7.4	Intense
8	7.5	Intense
9	7.5	Intense
10	7.5	Intense
11	7.5	Intense
12	7.6	Intense
13	7.6	Intense
14	7.6	Intense
15	7.7	Intense
16	7.7	Intense
17	7.7	Intense
18	7.7	Intense
19	7.7	Intense
20	7.8	Intense
21	7.8	Intense
22	7.8	Intense
23	7.8	Intense
24	7.8	Intense
25	7.9	Intense
26	7.9	Intense
27	7.9	Intense
28	7.9	Intense
29	7.9	Intense
30	7.9	Intense
31	8.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tabas

In seasonPeak

In May, Tabas sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Tabas sees seasonal dust haze (July), heaviest in July.

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Tabas?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

7.5

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tabas for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tabas in May

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

In May, Tabas sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tabas 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 Tabas peaks around July 13 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	6	8	9	10	10	9	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Tabas 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 Tabas is worst in May — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 16 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)	18	23	27	36	36	33	36	28	32	24	17	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	36	Poor
May	36	Poor
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tabas?

Tabas sits at 33.6°N, 56.9°E, 669 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Boshrūyeh, 56 km away.

Topography around Tabas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tabas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 675 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 484 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,284 m.

The land around Tabas is covered by bare terrain (44%), artificial surfaces (30%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, bare terrain (93%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

75 m

bare terrain 44%

16 km

484 m

bare terrain 93%

80 km

2,284 m

bare terrain 99%

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

May weather nearby: Boshrūyeh 56 km · Ferdows 124 km · Gonābād 183 km · Bardaskan 209 km · Qā’en 210 km · Bīrjand 228 km · Kāshmar 231 km · Rāvar 259 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 Tabas (33.5959°, 56.9244°, elevation 669 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	31	20
2	31	20
3	31	20
4	32	20
5	32	20
6	32	21
7	32	21
8	32	21
9	33	21
10	33	21
11	33	21
12	33	21
13	33	22
14	34	22
15	34	22
16	34	22
17	34	22
18	34	22
19	34	22
20	35	23
21	35	23
22	35	23
23	35	23
24	35	23
25	36	23
26	36	23
27	36	24
28	36	24
29	36	24
30	37	24
31	37	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	75	25
4	76	24
5	77	23
6	78	22
7	79	21
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

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

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