Ash Shaţrah weather in May

In May, Ash Shaţrah sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 43°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% 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 Ash Shaţrah's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ash Shaţrah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
5th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:04 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
25%
6th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.6
out of 10

Ash Shaţrah is city in Iraq.

Founded
1872

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 37°C in the first days to 43°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ash Shaţrah reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 7°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ash Shaţrah

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
19 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.

Ash Shaţrah 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
Jan18° / 264.210.27.3
Feb22° / 10°162.810.98.2
Mar27° / 15°172.711.87.9
Apr33° / 20°142.612.74.2
May40° / 26°40.613.60.6
Jun45° / 30°00140.0
Jul47° / 32°0013.80.0
Aug47° / 32°0013.10.0
Sep43° / 28°00.112.20.0
Oct36° / 22°50.911.22.5
Nov26° / 15°253.210.47.7
Dec20° / 10°234107.6

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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27624
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57624
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87822
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ash Shaţrah gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.6 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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
191711
291711
391612
491612
591612
692512
792512
893412
993412
1094411
1195311
1295311
1394321
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Wind in May

Winds average 17 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
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916light breeze
1016light breeze
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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 5:16 AM to 4:56 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:166:29
213.25:156:30
313.35:146:30
413.35:136:31
513.35:126:32
613.35:126:32
713.45:116:33
813.45:106:34
913.45:096:34
1013.45:086:35
1113.55:076:36
1213.55:076:37
1313.55:066:37
1413.55:056:38
1513.65:046:39
1613.65:046:39
1713.65:036:40
1813.65:026:41
1913.75:026:41
2013.75:016:42
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2213.75:006:43
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2413.84:596:45
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2813.84:576:47
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3013.94:576:48
3113.94:566:49

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 3.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 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
27.1Intense
37.1Intense
47.1Intense
57.1Intense
67.2Intense
77.2Intense
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97.3Intense
107.3Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ash Shaţrah

In seasonPeak

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

Ash Shaţrah sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

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

Is May a good time to visit Ash Shaţrah?

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

0.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ash Shaţrah.

What to pack for Ash Shaţrah in May

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

In May, Ash Shaţrah sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ash Shaţrah in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ash Shaţrah peaks around June 16 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 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 16UV 10Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ash Shaţrah 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 Ash Shaţrah is worst in April — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorApr 2358 µg/m³Nov 1543 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb47Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr59Unhealthy
May58Unhealthy
Jun50Poor
Jul49Poor
Aug48Poor
Sep46Poor
Oct46Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec48Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ash Shaţrah?

Ash Shaţrah sits at 31.4°N, 46.2°E, 13 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Nasiriyah, 40 km away.

Nāḩiyat al FuhūdAs SamawahAl ḨayyAr RumaythahAl ‘AmārahQal‘at Şāliḩ

Topography around Ash Shaţrah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ash Shaţrah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m.

The land around Ash Shaţrah is covered by bare terrain (37%), artificial surfaces (34%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and bare terrain (31%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (51%) and cropland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
12 m
16 km
16 m
80 km
50 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Nasiriyah 40 km · Qal‘at Sukkar 51 km · Nāḩiyat al Fuhūd 72 km · As Samawah 84 km · Al Ḩayy 86 km · Ar Rumaythah 93 km · Al ‘Amārah 104 km · Qal‘at Şāliḩ 107 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 Ash Shaţrah (31.4091°, 46.1727°, elevation 13 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).