Al Fallūjah weather in May

In May, Al Fallūjah sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 40°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Al Fallūjah's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Fallūjah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:10 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
24%
6th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Al Fallūjah is city in the province of Al Anbar, Iraq.

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 34°C in the first days to 40°C by the end.

A typical May day in Al Fallūjah reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 42°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 Al Fallūjah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 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
31
6 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Al Fallūjah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 214.2106.1
Feb19° / 183.510.87.4
Mar24° / 13°152.811.78.5
Apr31° / 18°122.112.86.0
May37° / 24°30.713.72.0
Jun42° / 28°0014.20.0
Jul44° / 30°00140.0
Aug44° / 30°0013.20.0
Sep40° / 26°00.112.20.4
Oct34° / 21°6111.24.2
Nov24° / 13°182.910.38.3
Dec18° / 203.69.86.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27822
37822
47921
57921
68020
78119
88218
98218
108416
118416
128416
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148614
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25919
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30937
31937

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Al Fallūjah gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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2194510
2294510
2394510
2495500
2596400
2696400
2796400
2896400
2996400
3096400
3197300

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:236:41
213.35:226:42
313.45:216:43
413.45:206:44
513.45:196:44
613.55:186:45
713.55:176:46
813.55:166:47
913.55:156:47
1013.65:146:48
1113.65:136:49
1213.65:136:50
1313.65:126:50
1413.75:116:51
1513.75:106:52
1613.75:106:53
1713.75:096:53
1813.85:086:54
1913.85:076:55
2013.85:076:56
2113.85:066:56
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2714.05:037:00
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2914.05:027:02
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3114.05:027:03

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
27.0Intense
37.1Intense
47.1Intense
57.1Intense
67.2Intense
77.2Intense
87.2Intense
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107.3Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Al Fallūjah

In seasonPeak

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

Al Fallūjah sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

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

Is May a good time to visit Al Fallūjah?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al Fallūjah.

What to pack for Al Fallūjah in May

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

In May, Al Fallūjah sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Fallūjah in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Al Fallūjah peaks around June 15 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 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 highVery highHighModerateJun 15UV 10Jan 12UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul7Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5High
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al Fallūjah 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 Al Fallūjah is worst in December — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyDec 2380 µg/m³Jul 2365 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan80Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar80Unhealthy
Apr77Unhealthy
May78Unhealthy
Jun68Unhealthy
Jul65Unhealthy
Aug65Unhealthy
Sep68Unhealthy
Oct78Unhealthy
Nov72Unhealthy
Dec80Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Fallūjah?

Al Fallūjah sits at 33.3°N, 43.8°E, 45 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Abū Ghurayb, 37 km away.

BaghdadSadr CityAl MaḩmūdīyahAd DujaylNāḩiyat al IskandarīyahAl-Musayab

Topography around Al Fallūjah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Fallūjah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m.

The land around Al Fallūjah is covered by artificial surfaces (70%) and bare terrain (23%) within 3 km, bare terrain (47%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (56%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
48 m
80 km
101 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Abū Ghurayb 37 km · Ramadi 45 km · Baghdad 57 km · Sadr City 63 km · Al Maḩmūdīyah 63 km · Ad Dujayl 69 km · Nāḩiyat al Iskandarīyah 73 km · Al-Musayab 79 km

Iraq travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,410
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
60%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
9.5
per 100k, 2013
Road deaths
27.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 406
Religion
Christian 1%

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 Al Fallūjah (33.3491°, 43.786°, elevation 45 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).