Simele weather in May

In May, Simele sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 25 mm of rain across 4.2 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 27°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Simele's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Simele's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 25 mm; 4.2 wet days
Daylight: 14 hours; 5:06 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

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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 34°C by the end.

A typical May day in Simele reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 35°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)	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	14
2	26	14
3	27	14
4	27	15
5	27	15
6	27	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	16
10	28	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	30	16
15	30	17
16	30	17
17	30	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	34	19
30	34	20
31	34	20

How May really feels in Simele

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 9 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.

Simele 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	11° / 3°	83	10.1	1.5	9.8	2.7
Feb	13° / 4°	74	9.9	1.5	10.6	3.5
Mar	17° / 7°	82	10.1	0.2	11.7	5.6
Apr	23° / 12°	58	8.6	0	12.9	7.2
May	30° / 17°	25	4.2	0	13.9	5.9
Jun	37° / 22°	1	0.4	0	14.5	2.1
Jul	40° / 25°	0	0.1	0	14.3	0.1
Aug	40° / 25°	0	0	0	13.4	0.2
Sep	35° / 20°	1	0.3	0	12.3	3.2
Oct	28° / 15°	24	3.3	0	11	7.0
Nov	19° / 9°	52	6.2	0	10	6.8
Dec	13° / 5°	75	8.8	0.7	9.5	3.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. 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 (%)	67	69	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	79	79	80	81	82	82	83	84	84	84	86	86	86	87	87	88	89	89	90	90
Cloudier (%)	33	31	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	76	24
11	77	23
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Simele gets around 25 mm of rain over 4.2 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 13% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4

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

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 86% 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 (%)	86	85	84	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93
Comfortable (%)	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	93	7

Wind in May

Winds average 8 km/h in May.

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 min at the start of May to 14 h 18 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 5:21 AM to 4:57 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:15 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)	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:05	5:04	5:04	5:03	5:02	5:01	5:01	5:00	5:00	4:59	4:58	4:58	4:57	4:57	4:57
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.5	5:21	6:51
2	13.5	5:20	6:51
3	13.6	5:19	6:52
4	13.6	5:18	6:53
5	13.6	5:17	6:54
6	13.7	5:15	6:55
7	13.7	5:14	6:56
8	13.7	5:13	6:57
9	13.8	5:12	6:58
10	13.8	5:11	6:59
11	13.8	5:10	6:59
12	13.8	5:09	7:00
13	13.9	5:09	7:01
14	13.9	5:08	7:02
15	13.9	5:07	7:03
16	14.0	5:06	7:04
17	14.0	5:05	7:05
18	14.0	5:04	7:05
19	14.0	5:04	7:06
20	14.1	5:03	7:07
21	14.1	5:02	7:08
22	14.1	5:01	7:09
23	14.1	5:01	7:09
24	14.2	5:00	7:10
25	14.2	5:00	7:11
26	14.2	4:59	7:12
27	14.2	4:58	7:13
28	14.3	4:58	7:13
29	14.3	4:57	7:14
30	14.3	4:57	7:15
31	14.3	4:57	7:15

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.25 kWh/m² to a high of 7.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	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	7.6
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	6.5	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.7	Intense
6	6.7	Intense
7	6.8	Intense
8	6.8	Intense
9	6.9	Intense
10	6.9	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.0	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.2	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.3	Intense
19	7.3	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.4	Intense
22	7.4	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.5	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.6	Intense
29	7.6	Intense
30	7.6	Intense
31	7.6	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Simele

In seasonPeak

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

Simele sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Apr

May

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Simele?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

7.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Simele in May

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

In May, Simele sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

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UV index in Simele in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Simele peaks around June 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 2 (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)	2	3	4	6	8	10	7	10	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Air quality in Simele 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 Simele is worst in March — around 40 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	29	34	40	39	38	35	31	30	30	31	27	27
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	39	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	27	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Simele?

Simele sits at 36.9°N, 42.9°E, 463 m above sea level, in Iraq. The nearest listed city is Sumayl, 0.0 km away.

Topography around Simele

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Simele has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 463 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,062 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,121 m.

The land around Simele is covered by cropland (47%), grassland (23%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

124 m

cropland 47%

16 km

1,062 m

cropland 43%

80 km

3,121 m

cropland 46%

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

May weather nearby: Sumayl 0.0 km · Dihok 12 km · Sīnah 18 km · Zaxo 35 km · Batifa 38 km · Tallkayf 47 km · Silopi 55 km · Al Mawşil al Jadīdah 63 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

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 Simele (36.8583°, 42.8501°, elevation 463 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	26	14
2	26	14
3	27	14
4	27	15
5	27	15
6	27	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	16
10	28	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	30	16
15	30	17
16	30	17
17	30	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	34	19
30	34	20
31	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	76	24
11	77	23
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	14
2	26	14
3	27	14
4	27	15
5	27	15
6	27	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	16
10	28	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	30	16
15	30	17
16	30	17
17	30	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	34	19
30	34	20
31	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	76	24
11	77	23
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	93	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	14
2	26	14
3	27	14
4	27	15
5	27	15
6	27	15
7	28	15
8	28	15
9	28	16
10	28	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	30	16
15	30	17
16	30	17
17	30	17
18	31	17
19	31	17
20	31	18
21	32	18
22	32	18
23	32	18
24	32	18
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	33	19
29	34	19
30	34	20
31	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	69	31
3	69	31
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	73	27
8	74	26
9	75	25
10	76	24
11	77	23
12	79	21
13	79	21
14	80	20
15	81	19
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	83	17
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	86	14
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	88	12
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	84	16
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	86	14
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	93	7