Torbat-e Jām weather in May

In May, Torbat-e Jām sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 17 mm of rain across 3.8 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% 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 Jām's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Torbat-e Jām's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
5th warmest
Overnight low
14°
9th coldest
Rainfall
17 mm
3.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
4:28 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
37%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.7
out of 10

Torbat-e Jām 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 24°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical May day in Torbat-e Jām reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12412
22412
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52513
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112614
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312917

How May really feels in Torbat-e Jām

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 Jām weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°315.93.89.91.2
Feb / -1°447.83.710.72.1
Mar15° / 5291.811.74.5
Apr21° / 417.70.412.96.9
May27° / 14°173.8013.87.7
Jun31° / 19°20.8014.36.0
Jul33° / 21°00014.15.2
Aug31° / 19°00013.36.2
Sep28° / 14°00.1012.28.6
Oct22° / 51.1011.18.9
Nov15° / 133.30.610.15.4
Dec10° / -1°234.72.49.72.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% 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 (%)
16238
26238
36436
46436
56634
66634
76832
86931
97129
107228
117426
127525
137723
147822
157921
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188218
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208317
218416
228515
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319010

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Torbat-e Jām gets around 17 mm of rain over 3.8 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 13% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
122
222
322
421
521
620
719
819
918
1017
1116
1215
1315
1414
1513
1612
1711
1810
199
208
218
227
237
246
256
266
276
286
295
305
315

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 (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
17991
18991
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
251000
261000
271000
281000
291000
301000
311000

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1612calm
1712calm
1812calm
1912calm
2012calm
2112light breeze
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2512light breeze
2613light breeze
2713light breeze
2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light breeze

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 4:43 AM to 4:20 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.44:436:07
213.44:416:08
313.54:406:09
413.54:396:09
513.54:386:10
613.64:376:11
713.64:366:12
813.64:356:13
913.74:346:13
1013.74:336:14
1113.74:336:15
1213.74:326:16
1313.84:316:17
1413.84:306:18
1513.84:296:18
1613.84:286:19
1713.94:286:20
1813.94:276:21
1913.94:266:22
2013.94:256:22
2114.04:256:23
2214.04:246:24
2314.04:246:25
2414.04:236:25
2514.14:226:26
2614.14:226:27
2714.14:216:28
2814.14:216:28
2914.14:206:29
3014.24:206:30
3114.24:206:30

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
26.8Intense
36.8Intense
46.9Intense
56.9Intense
66.9Intense
77.0Intense
87.0Intense
97.0Intense
107.1Intense
117.1Intense
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137.2Intense
147.2Intense
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177.3Intense
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207.4Intense
217.4Intense
227.5Intense
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267.6Intense
277.6Intense
287.6Intense
297.7Intense
307.7Intense
317.7Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Torbat-e Jām

In seasonPeak

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

Torbat-e Jām sees seasonal dust haze (April–July), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Torbat-e Jām?

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

7.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Torbat-e Jām in May

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

In May, Torbat-e Jām sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Torbat-e Jām 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 Torbat-e Jām peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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 15UV 11Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Torbat-e Jām 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 Jām is worst in July — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1947 µg/m³Jan 1124 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr40Poor
May39Poor
Jun37Poor
Jul48Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov28Moderate
Dec25Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Torbat-e Jām?

Torbat-e Jām sits at 35.2°N, 60.6°E, 908 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Tāybād, 58 km away.

MarāghehTorbat-e ḨeydarīyehMashadSarahsSarakhs

Topography around Torbat-e Jām

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Torbat-e Jām has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 911 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,472 m.

The land around Torbat-e Jām is covered by bare terrain (37%), artificial surfaces (36%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, bare terrain (55%) and cropland (42%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
485 m
80 km
2,472 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Tāybād 58 km · Eslam Qaleh 76 km · Khvāf 86 km · Marāgheh 111 km · Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 127 km · Mashad 149 km · Sarahs 152 km · Sarakhs 152 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 Jām (35.244°, 60.6225°, elevation 908 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).