Yazd weather in May

In May, Yazd sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Yazd's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yazd's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 1.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 36 min; 5:00 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 31%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Yazd is capital city of Yazd Province, Iran.

Air quality: High; PM2.5 29.3 µg/m³ · 2020
Density: 3,380/km²; people per km²

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 27°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical May day in Yazd reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°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)	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	28	16
5	28	16
6	28	16
7	28	17
8	28	17
9	29	17
10	29	17
11	29	17
12	29	17
13	29	17
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	30	18
17	30	18
18	30	18
19	30	18
20	31	19
21	31	19
22	31	19
23	31	19
24	31	19
25	32	19
26	32	20
27	32	20
28	32	20
29	33	20
30	33	20
31	33	20

How May really feels in Yazd

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 5 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

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Yazd 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	12° / 1°	20	4.6	1.4	10.2	3.7
Feb	15° / 3°	13	2.9	0.8	10.8	5.5
Mar	19° / 8°	20	4	0.2	11.8	7.4
Apr	24° / 13°	14	3.2	0	12.8	8.1
May	30° / 18°	5	1.5	0	13.6	6.4
Jun	35° / 22°	0	0.1	0	14	3.3
Jul	37° / 24°	0	0	0	13.9	2.0
Aug	36° / 22°	0	0	0	13.2	3.1
Sep	32° / 18°	0	0	0	12.2	5.5
Oct	26° / 13°	3	0.8	0	11.2	8.8
Nov	18° / 6°	11	2.6	0.2	10.4	7.2
Dec	14° / 2°	16	3.4	0.5	10	4.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. 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 (%)	68	69	69	70	71	72	72	74	75	77	78	79	81	81	83	83	84	86	86	88	88	88	90	90	90	91	92	92	93	94	94
Cloudier (%)	32	31	31	30	29	28	28	26	25	23	22	21	19	19	17	17	16	14	14	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	93	7
30	94	6
31	94	6

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Yazd gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.5 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 5% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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

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 6 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 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 5:13 AM to 4:53 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:47 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)	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:05	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	5:01	5:00	4:59	4:59	4:58	4:58	4:57	4:56	4:56	4:55	4:55	4:54	4:54	4:54	4:53	4:53	4:53
Sunset (PM)	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.2	5:13	6:27
2	13.3	5:12	6:28
3	13.3	5:11	6:28
4	13.3	5:10	6:29
5	13.3	5:09	6:30
6	13.4	5:08	6:30
7	13.4	5:07	6:31
8	13.4	5:06	6:32
9	13.5	5:05	6:33
10	13.5	5:05	6:33
11	13.5	5:04	6:34
12	13.5	5:03	6:35
13	13.6	5:02	6:35
14	13.6	5:01	6:36
15	13.6	5:01	6:37
16	13.6	5:00	6:37
17	13.6	4:59	6:38
18	13.7	4:59	6:39
19	13.7	4:58	6:40
20	13.7	4:58	6:40
21	13.7	4:57	6:41
22	13.8	4:56	6:42
23	13.8	4:56	6:42
24	13.8	4:55	6:43
25	13.8	4:55	6:44
26	13.8	4:54	6:44
27	13.8	4:54	6:45
28	13.9	4:54	6:45
29	13.9	4:53	6:46
30	13.9	4:53	6:47
31	13.9	4:53	6:47

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.36 kWh/m² to a high of 8.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.56 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)	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	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9
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	7.2	Intense
2	7.2	Intense
3	7.2	Intense
4	7.2	Intense
5	7.3	Intense
6	7.3	Intense
7	7.3	Intense
8	7.3	Intense
9	7.4	Intense
10	7.4	Intense
11	7.4	Intense
12	7.5	Intense
13	7.5	Intense
14	7.5	Intense
15	7.5	Intense
16	7.6	Intense
17	7.6	Intense
18	7.6	Intense
19	7.7	Intense
20	7.7	Intense
21	7.7	Intense
22	7.8	Intense
23	7.8	Intense
24	7.8	Intense
25	7.8	Intense
26	7.8	Intense
27	7.9	Intense
28	7.9	Intense
29	7.9	Intense
30	7.9	Intense
31	7.9	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Yazd

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Yazd?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.5

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Yazd for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Yazd in May

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

In May, Yazd sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Yazd 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 Yazd peaks around June 23 at about 10 (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	6	7	8	10	10	10	9	8	7	4	4
Level	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Yazd 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 Yazd is worst in April — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (December, 18 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Yazd's WHO annual average of 29.3 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	21	26	30	41	40	31	40	28	32	26	18	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	21	Moderate
Feb	26	Moderate
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	41	Poor
May	40	Poor
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Yazd?

Yazd sits at 31.9°N, 54.4°E, 1,216 m above sea level, in Iran. The nearest listed city is Ashkez̄ar, 19 km away.

Topography around Yazd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yazd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 1,218 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 533 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,107 m.

The land around Yazd is covered by artificial surfaces (85%) within 3 km, bare terrain (78%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

29 m

artificial surfaces 85%

16 km

533 m

bare terrain 78%

80 km

3,107 m

bare terrain 97%

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

May weather nearby: Ashkez̄ar 19 km · Taft 23 km · Mahrīz 36 km · Meybod 51 km · Ardakān 57 km · Bāfq 103 km · Abarkūh 134 km · Anār 143 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 Yazd (31.8972°, 54.3675°, elevation 1,216 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	27	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	28	16
5	28	16
6	28	16
7	28	17
8	28	17
9	29	17
10	29	17
11	29	17
12	29	17
13	29	17
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	30	18
17	30	18
18	30	18
19	30	18
20	31	19
21	31	19
22	31	19
23	31	19
24	31	19
25	32	19
26	32	20
27	32	20
28	32	20
29	33	20
30	33	20
31	33	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	93	7
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	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	27	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	28	16
5	28	16
6	28	16
7	28	17
8	28	17
9	29	17
10	29	17
11	29	17
12	29	17
13	29	17
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	30	18
17	30	18
18	30	18
19	30	18
20	31	19
21	31	19
22	31	19
23	31	19
24	31	19
25	32	19
26	32	20
27	32	20
28	32	20
29	33	20
30	33	20
31	33	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	93	7
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	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	27	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	28	16
5	28	16
6	28	16
7	28	17
8	28	17
9	29	17
10	29	17
11	29	17
12	29	17
13	29	17
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	30	18
17	30	18
18	30	18
19	30	18
20	31	19
21	31	19
22	31	19
23	31	19
24	31	19
25	32	19
26	32	20
27	32	20
28	32	20
29	33	20
30	33	20
31	33	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	72	28
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	77	23
11	78	22
12	79	21
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	93	7
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	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