Tafresh weather in May

In May, Tafresh sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 9.5 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 20°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tafresh's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tafresh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 45 mm; 9.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 48 min; 5:12 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 7.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Tafresh is city in Markazi 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 20°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tafresh reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 7°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)	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15

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

How May really feels in Tafresh

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.

Tafresh 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	3° / -5°	48	8.8	7.2	9.9	0.0
Feb	5° / -3°	46	9	5.7	10.7	0.4
Mar	11° / 2°	71	11.5	3.9	11.7	2.8
Apr	17° / 8°	69	12.7	0.7	12.8	5.1
May	23° / 13°	45	9.5	0.1	13.8	7.1
Jun	30° / 18°	8	1.8	0	14.3	6.8
Jul	32° / 21°	4	1	0	14.1	5.3
Aug	31° / 20°	2	0.8	0	13.3	5.9
Sep	27° / 16°	3	0.9	0	12.2	8.4
Oct	20° / 10°	28	5.6	0	11.1	7.5
Nov	11° / 3°	48	8.3	2.2	10.2	3.1
Dec	6° / -2°	51	8.3	5.9	9.7	0.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 29%. 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 (%)	58	59	59	58	59	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	67	68	69	70	72	73	74	75	77	77	79	79	81	81	83	83	84	85	85
Cloudier (%)	42	41	41	42	41	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	33	32	31	30	28	27	26	25	23	23	21	21	19	19	17	17	16	15	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tafresh gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 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 30% and peaks near 42% 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 (%)	42	42	41	41	40	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	41
4	41
5	40
6	40
7	39
8	38
9	37
10	36
11	35
12	34
13	33
14	32
15	31
16	30
17	29
18	28
19	27
20	26
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	23
25	22
26	21
27	20
28	19
29	19
30	18
31	17

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.

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.

	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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:26 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 7:11 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)	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:05	5:04	5:04	5:03
Sunset (PM)	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	5:26	6:48
2	13.4	5:25	6:49
3	13.4	5:24	6:50
4	13.5	5:23	6:51
5	13.5	5:22	6:52
6	13.5	5:21	6:52
7	13.6	5:20	6:53
8	13.6	5:19	6:54
9	13.6	5:18	6:55
10	13.6	5:17	6:56
11	13.7	5:16	6:57
12	13.7	5:15	6:57
13	13.7	5:14	6:58
14	13.8	5:13	6:59
15	13.8	5:13	7:00
16	13.8	5:12	7:00
17	13.8	5:11	7:01
18	13.9	5:10	7:02
19	13.9	5:10	7:03
20	13.9	5:09	7:04
21	13.9	5:08	7:04
22	14.0	5:08	7:05
23	14.0	5:07	7:06
24	14.0	5:07	7:06
25	14.0	5:06	7:07
26	14.0	5:06	7:08
27	14.1	5:05	7:09
28	14.1	5:05	7:09
29	14.1	5:04	7:10
30	14.1	5:04	7:11
31	14.1	5:03	7:11

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.14 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	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
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	6.7	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.8	Intense
5	6.8	Intense
6	6.8	Intense
7	6.8	Intense
8	6.9	Intense
9	6.9	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.0	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.2	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.2	Intense
19	7.3	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.4	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.4	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.6	Intense
30	7.6	Intense
31	7.6	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tafresh

In seasonPeak

None of Tafresh's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Dust

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May

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Tafresh?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tafresh in May

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

In May, Tafresh sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Tafresh 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 Tafresh peaks around July 21 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 — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	6	7	10	10	11	11	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Tafresh 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 Tafresh is worst in December — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 34 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)	60	58	55	58	52	41	39	34	46	55	62	64
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	60	Unhealthy
Feb	58	Unhealthy
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	58	Unhealthy
May	52	Poor
Jun	41	Poor
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	46	Poor
Oct	55	Unhealthy
Nov	62	Unhealthy
Dec	64	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Tafresh?

Tafresh sits at 34.7°N, 50.0°E, 1,910 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Sāveh, 48 km away.

Topography around Tafresh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tafresh has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m around an average of 1,954 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,662 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,229 m.

The land around Tafresh is covered by grassland (36%) and bare terrain (22%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and bare terrain (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (41%), grassland (29%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

422 m

grassland 36%

16 km

1,662 m

grassland 63%

80 km

2,229 m

bare terrain 41%

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

May weather nearby: Sāveh 48 km · Arāk 73 km · Shahrak-e Pardīsān 73 km · Karahrūd 78 km · Qom 79 km · Māmūnīyeh 81 km · Mahājerān 89 km · Maḩallāt 96 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 Tafresh (34.6931°, 50.016°, elevation 1,910 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	20	10
2	20	10
3	20	10
4	20	10
5	20	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	22	11
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	26	14
27	26	15
28	26	15
29	26	15
30	27	15
31	27	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	41
4	41
5	40
6	40
7	39
8	38
9	37
10	36
11	35
12	34
13	33
14	32
15	31
16	30
17	29
18	28
19	27
20	26
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	23
25	22
26	21
27	20
28	19
29	19
30	18
31	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	41
4	41
5	40
6	40
7	39
8	38
9	37
10	36
11	35
12	34
13	33
14	32
15	31
16	30
17	29
18	28
19	27
20	26
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	23
25	22
26	21
27	20
28	19
29	19
30	18
31	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	59	41
3	59	41
4	58	42
5	59	41
6	59	41
7	60	40
8	61	39
9	62	38
10	63	37
11	64	36
12	65	35
13	67	33
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	70	30
17	72	28
18	73	27
19	74	26
20	75	25
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	84	16
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	42
2	42
3	41
4	41
5	40
6	40
7	39
8	38
9	37
10	36
11	35
12	34
13	33
14	32
15	31
16	30
17	29
18	28
19	27
20	26
21	25
22	25
23	24
24	23
25	22
26	21
27	20
28	19
29	19
30	18
31	17

	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