Ţorqabeh weather in May

In May, Ţorqabeh sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ţorqabeh's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ţorqabeh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Precipitation
66 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
4:31 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
45%
8th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Ţorqabeh 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 20°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ţorqabeh reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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2209
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312513

How May really feels in Ţorqabeh

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.

Ţorqabeh weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -6°366.75.99.80.0
Feb / -5°579.46.910.60.2
Mar10° / -0°8912.85.111.72.2
Apr17° / 8813.61.112.94.9
May22° / 11°6612.30.113.96.6
Jun27° / 15°184.4014.48.0
Jul29° / 17°61.5014.27.3
Aug28° / 15°41013.48.0
Sep25° / 12°51.3012.29.2
Oct19° / 142.90.111.17.7
Nov12° / 285.7210.13.5
Dec / -4°2653.89.60.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25446
35545
45644
55842
65842
76040
86139
96238
106436
116535
126733
136931
146931
157129
167228
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308416
318515

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ţorqabeh gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 40% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
145
244
344
444
544
644
744
843
943
1043
1142
1242
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1441
1541
1641
1740
1840
1939
2039
2138
2238
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3130

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 8 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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48calm
58calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 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 4:46 AM to 4:22 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.54:466:14
213.54:456:14
313.54:446:15
413.64:436:16
513.64:416:17
613.64:406:18
713.74:396:19
813.74:386:20
913.74:376:21
1013.74:366:21
1113.84:356:22
1213.84:356:23
1313.84:346:24
1413.94:336:25
1513.94:326:26
1613.94:316:26
1714.04:306:27
1814.04:296:28
1914.04:296:29
2014.04:286:30
2114.14:276:31
2214.14:276:31
2314.14:266:32
2414.14:256:33
2514.14:256:34
2614.24:246:34
2714.24:246:35
2814.24:236:36
2914.24:236:37
3014.24:226:37
3114.34:226:38

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 6.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.5Intense
46.6Intense
56.6Intense
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277.3Intense
287.3Intense
297.3Intense
307.4Intense
317.4Intense
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Ţorqabeh?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Ţorqabeh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ţorqabeh in May

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

In May, Ţorqabeh sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

UV index in Ţorqabeh 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 Ţorqabeh peaks around July 16 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 — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 16UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov3Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ţorqabeh 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 Ţorqabeh is worst in May — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 20 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMay 1033 µg/m³Dec 2220 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May33Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug26Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ţorqabeh?

Ţorqabeh sits at 36.3°N, 59.4°E, 1,316 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Mashad, 21 km away.

Torbat-e ḨeydarīyehQūchān

Topography around Ţorqabeh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ţorqabeh has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 311 m around an average of 1,330 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,573 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,647 m.

The land around Ţorqabeh is covered by bare terrain (37%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, bare terrain (44%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (45%), grassland (26%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
311 m
16 km
1,573 m
80 km
2,647 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Mashad 21 km · Gorjī-ye Soflá 28 km · Golbahār 33 km · Chenārān 44 km · Neyshābūr 53 km · Marāgheh 58 km · Torbat-e Ḩeydarīyeh 116 km · Qūchān 117 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 Ţorqabeh (36.3104°, 59.3735°, elevation 1,316 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).