Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh weather in May

In May, Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.1 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 25°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% 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 Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
15°
9th coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
4:34 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
35%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh is city in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran.

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 25°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical May day in Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh

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.

Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 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 / -2°295.52.99.91.0
Feb / -0°397210.72.2
Mar15° / 437.4111.74.9
Apr22° / 10°244.60.112.97.6
May28° / 15°92.1013.87.5
Jun33° / 20°10.4014.35.1
Jul34° / 22°00.1014.14.2
Aug33° / 20°00.1013.35.0
Sep29° / 15°00.1012.27.4
Oct23° / 30.7011.19.0
Nov15° / 102.50.210.15.7
Dec / -0°173.71.29.72.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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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 4:48 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.44:486:12
213.44:476:13
313.54:466:14
413.54:456:15
513.54:446:16
613.64:436:17
713.64:426:17
813.64:416:18
913.74:406:19
1013.74:396:20
1113.74:386:21
1213.74:376:22
1313.84:366:22
1413.84:356:23
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1613.84:346:25
1713.94:336:26
1813.94:326:26
1913.94:326:27
2014.04:316:28
2114.04:306:29
2214.04:306:30
2314.04:296:30
2414.04:286:31
2514.14:286:32
2614.14:276:32
2714.14:276:33
2814.14:266:34
2914.14:266:35
3014.24:256:35
3114.24:256:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh

In seasonPeak

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

Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is May a good time to visit Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in May

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

In May, Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh in May

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Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh peaks around July 17 at about 12 (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 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 12Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 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 Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh is worst in May — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1132 µg/m³Dec 2215 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr31Moderate
May32Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh?

Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh sits at 35.3°N, 59.2°E, 1,351 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Kāshmar, 69 km away.

NeyshābūrBardaskanGonābādKhvāfŢorqabehMashad

Topography around Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m around an average of 1,369 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 663 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,121 m.

The land around Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (61%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (66%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
361 m
16 km
663 m
80 km
2,121 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Kāshmar 69 km · Marāgheh 72 km · Neyshābūr 111 km · Bardaskan 113 km · Gonābād 114 km · Khvāf 114 km · Ţorqabeh 116 km · Mashad 119 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 Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh (35.274°, 59.2195°, elevation 1,351 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).