Mandalī weather in May

In May, Mandalī sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.4 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 71% 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 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mandalī's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mandalī's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
8th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
5:02 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
28%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.8
out of 10

Mandalī is town in Balad Ruz District, Diyala Governorate, 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 Mandalī reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 14°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 7°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Mandalī

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
9 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.

Mandalī 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° / 587.1105.7
Feb18° / 435.710.76.8
Mar24° / 12°455.211.78.0
Apr30° / 17°253.712.85.9
May37° / 23°81.413.71.8
Jun43° / 27°0014.20.0
Jul45° / 30°00140.0
Aug45° / 30°0013.30.0
Sep41° / 25°0012.20.2
Oct34° / 20°132.111.23.7
Nov24° / 13°474.810.27.9
Dec18° / 556.69.86.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% 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 (%)
17525
27525
37624
47624
57723
67723
77723
87921
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mandalī gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.4 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 11% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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69
79
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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 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
18992
28992
38992
48893
58893
68893
79082
89082
99082
109172
119172
129262
139262
149451
159451
169541
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209730
219730
229730
239820
249820
259820
269820
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289820
299910
309910
319910

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light 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 h 06 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 5:15 AM to 4:53 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:156:35
213.45:146:36
313.45:136:36
413.45:126:37
513.45:116:38
613.55:106:39
713.55:096:39
813.55:086:40
913.65:076:41
1013.65:066:42
1113.65:066:43
1213.65:056:43
1313.75:046:44
1413.75:036:45
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1713.85:016:47
1813.85:006:48
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2013.84:596:49
2113.94:586:50
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2513.94:566:53
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2714.04:556:54
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2914.04:546:56
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.84 kWh/m² to a high of 7.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.42 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
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47.0Intense
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67.1Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mandalī

In seasonPeak

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

Mandalī sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in May.

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

Is May a good time to visit Mandalī?

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

1.8
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mandalī.

What to pack for Mandalī in May

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

In May, Mandalī sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mandalī 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 Mandalī peaks around June 12 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 14 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 12UV 10Jan 14UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Mandalī 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 Mandalī is worst in May — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorMay 963 µg/m³Jan 1251 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar61Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul54Poor
Aug54Poor
Sep56Unhealthy
Oct63Unhealthy
Nov54Poor
Dec52Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mandalī?

Mandalī sits at 33.7°N, 45.6°E, 129 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Al Miqdādīyah, 63 km away.

Al MiqdādīyahKhānaqīnEyvānĪlāmSarpol-e Z̄ahābQaşr-e ShīrīnBaqubahKhāliş

Topography around Mandalī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mandalī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 123 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,448 m.

The land around Mandalī is covered by cropland (53%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (39%), grassland (36%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (41%), grassland (33%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
324 m
80 km
2,448 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Al Miqdādīyah 63 km · Khānaqīn 68 km · Eyvān 70 km · Īlām 81 km · Sarpol-e Z̄ahāb 84 km · Qaşr-e Shīrīn 85 km · Baqubah 88 km · Khāliş 95 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 Mandalī (33.7481°, 45.555°, elevation 129 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).