Vaḩīdīyeh weather in May

In May, Vaḩīdīyeh sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 22 mm of precipitation across 4.9 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% 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 Vaḩīdīyeh's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vaḩīdīyeh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 8th coldest
Precipitation: 22 mm; 4.9 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 54 min; 5:04 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 6th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 7.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Vaḩīdīyeh reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°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)	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16

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

How May really feels in Vaḩīdīyeh

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.

Vaḩīdīyeh 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	1° / -7°	42	7.6	6.7	9.9	0.0
Feb	3° / -6°	48	8.4	6.8	10.6	0.0
Mar	8° / -0°	62	9.5	5.5	11.7	1.6
Apr	15° / 6°	51	9.5	1.1	12.9	4.8
May	22° / 13°	22	4.9	0.1	13.9	7.7
Jun	28° / 18°	6	1.6	0	14.4	7.7
Jul	31° / 22°	5	1.2	0	14.2	5.9
Aug	30° / 21°	4	0.8	0	13.4	6.7
Sep	26° / 16°	5	0.9	0	12.2	9.0
Oct	19° / 10°	21	4.1	0.1	11.1	7.3
Nov	10° / 2°	44	7.1	3	10.1	2.5
Dec	4° / -5°	43	7.7	5.9	9.6	0.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. 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 (%)	64	64	65	65	66	67	67	69	69	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	83	83	84	85	86	86	87	88	88	89	90
Cloudier (%)	36	36	35	35	34	33	33	31	31	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	89	11
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Vaḩīdīyeh gets around 22 mm of rain and snow over 4.9 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 16% and peaks near 26% 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 (%)	26	25	24	23	23	22	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8

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

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 7 km/h in May.

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

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 5:18 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:08 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	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:02	5:01	5:00	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:58	4:57	4:57	4:56	4:56	4:55	4:55
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	5:18	6:44
2	13.5	5:17	6:45
3	13.5	5:16	6:46
4	13.5	5:15	6:47
5	13.6	5:14	6:48
6	13.6	5:13	6:48
7	13.6	5:12	6:49
8	13.7	5:11	6:50
9	13.7	5:10	6:51
10	13.7	5:09	6:52
11	13.7	5:08	6:53
12	13.8	5:07	6:53
13	13.8	5:06	6:54
14	13.8	5:06	6:55
15	13.9	5:05	6:56
16	13.9	5:04	6:57
17	13.9	5:03	6:58
18	13.9	5:02	6:58
19	14.0	5:02	6:59
20	14.0	5:01	7:00
21	14.0	5:00	7:01
22	14.0	5:00	7:02
23	14.1	4:59	7:02
24	14.1	4:58	7:03
25	14.1	4:58	7:04
26	14.1	4:57	7:05
27	14.1	4:57	7:05
28	14.2	4:56	7:06
29	14.2	4:56	7:07
30	14.2	4:55	7:07
31	14.2	4:55	7:08

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 2.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.14 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)	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
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	6.8	Intense
2	6.9	Intense
3	6.9	Intense
4	6.9	Intense
5	6.9	Intense
6	6.9	Intense
7	7.0	Intense
8	7.0	Intense
9	7.0	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.1	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.1	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.2	Intense
19	7.2	Intense
20	7.2	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.3	Intense
24	7.3	Intense
25	7.4	Intense
26	7.4	Intense
27	7.4	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.5	Intense
30	7.5	Intense
31	7.5	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Vaḩīdīyeh?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Vaḩīdīyeh in May

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

In May, Vaḩīdīyeh sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Vaḩīdīyeh 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 Vaḩīdīyeh peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	5	5	7	9	10	10	10	7	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	7	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Vaḩīdīyeh 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 Vaḩīdīyeh is worst in January — around 151 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (July, 49 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)	151	139	113	101	85	63	49	58	77	101	122	148
Level	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	151	Very unhealthy
Feb	139	Unhealthy
Mar	113	Unhealthy
Apr	101	Unhealthy
May	85	Unhealthy
Jun	63	Unhealthy
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	58	Unhealthy
Sep	77	Unhealthy
Oct	101	Unhealthy
Nov	122	Unhealthy
Dec	148	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Vaḩīdīyeh?

Vaḩīdīyeh sits at 35.7°N, 51.5°E, 1,244 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Tehran, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Vaḩīdīyeh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vaḩīdīyeh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 1,248 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,300 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,065 m.

The land around Vaḩīdīyeh is covered by artificial surfaces (97%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (52%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and bare terrain (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

160 m

artificial surfaces 97%

16 km

2,300 m

artificial surfaces 52%

80 km

5,065 m

grassland 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

May weather nearby: Tehran 5.0 km · Shahrak-e Qods 10 km · Tajrīsh 11 km · Shahrak-e ‘Alā’īn 15 km · Morteẕá Gerd 17 km · Andīsheh 18 km · Chahār Dangeh 19 km · Lavāsān 20 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 Vaḩīdīyeh (35.7144°, 51.4709°, elevation 1,244 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	18	10
2	18	10
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	21	12
13	21	12
14	21	12
15	21	12
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	23	13
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	15
27	25	15
28	25	15
29	25	15
30	25	16
31	26	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	89	11
31	90	10

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	89	11
31	90	10

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	81	19
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	87	13
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	89	11
31	90	10

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

	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