Isfara weather in May

In May, Isfara sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 60 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 14.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Isfara's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Isfara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 60 mm; 14 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 12 min; 5:07 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 6.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Isfara is city in Tajikistan.

Density: 329/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1952

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 24°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical May day in Isfara reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 32°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)	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17

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

How May really feels in Isfara

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Isfara weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	4° / -2°	23	5.7	4.5	9.5	0.0
Feb	6° / -0°	34	7.1	3.8	10.4	0.6
Mar	13° / 5°	59	11.6	1.8	11.7	3.4
Apr	20° / 11°	72	13.8	0.3	13	5.7
May	26° / 15°	60	14	0	14.2	6.0
Jun	32° / 19°	30	8.6	0	14.8	4.6
Jul	33° / 21°	14	3.9	0	14.6	4.1
Aug	32° / 19°	13	3.4	0	13.6	5.3
Sep	27° / 15°	16	3.9	0	12.3	7.9
Oct	19° / 9°	33	6.8	0.2	10.9	6.8
Nov	11° / 4°	36	7.2	1.3	9.8	3.0
Dec	5° / -1°	33	7.2	4.2	9.2	0.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. 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 (%)	45	46	46	46	48	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	52	52	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	57	58	59	59	60	61	61	63	63
Cloudier (%)	55	54	54	54	52	53	52	52	51	50	50	49	48	48	47	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	43	42	41	41	40	39	39	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Isfara gets around 60 mm of rain over 14 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 45% and peaks near 49% 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 (%)	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	40	39	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	43
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	38

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.

	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 (%)	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94
Comfortable (%)	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

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 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	9	calm
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31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 42 min at the start of May to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:24 AM to 4:56 AM, and sunset from 7:05 PM to 7:33 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)	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:21	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:09	5:08	5:07	5:06	5:06	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
Sunset (PM)	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.7	5:24	7:05
2	13.7	5:23	7:06
3	13.8	5:22	7:07
4	13.8	5:21	7:08
5	13.8	5:19	7:09
6	13.9	5:18	7:10
7	13.9	5:17	7:11
8	13.9	5:16	7:12
9	14.0	5:15	7:13
10	14.0	5:13	7:14
11	14.0	5:12	7:15
12	14.1	5:11	7:16
13	14.1	5:10	7:17
14	14.1	5:09	7:18
15	14.2	5:08	7:19
16	14.2	5:07	7:20
17	14.2	5:06	7:21
18	14.3	5:06	7:22
19	14.3	5:05	7:23
20	14.3	5:04	7:24
21	14.4	5:03	7:25
22	14.4	5:02	7:26
23	14.4	5:01	7:27
24	14.4	5:01	7:28
25	14.5	5:00	7:28
26	14.5	4:59	7:29
27	14.5	4:59	7:30
28	14.5	4:58	7:31
29	14.6	4:58	7:32
30	14.6	4:57	7:33
31	14.6	4:56	7:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.01 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.6 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)	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0
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	6.2	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.4	Intense
8	6.4	Intense
9	6.4	Intense
10	6.4	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.5	Intense
13	6.5	Intense
14	6.5	Intense
15	6.5	Intense
16	6.6	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.6	Intense
19	6.6	Intense
20	6.7	Intense
21	6.7	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.8	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.9	Intense
28	6.9	Intense
29	6.9	Intense
30	6.9	Intense
31	7.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Isfara?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Isfara for sightseeing.

What to pack for Isfara in May

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

In May, Isfara sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Isfara 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 Isfara peaks around May 20 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 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	4	5	8	10	10	10	10	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low

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

Air quality in Isfara 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 Isfara is worst in May — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 16 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	19	26	32	35	31	27	25	27	27	21	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	35	Moderate
Jun	31	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Isfara?

Isfara sits at 40.1°N, 70.6°E, 824 m above sea level, in Tajikistan. The nearest listed city is Batken, 18 km away.

Topography around Isfara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Isfara has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m around an average of 849 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 983 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,289 m.

The land around Isfara is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (53%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and bare terrain (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

291 m

artificial surfaces 44%

16 km

983 m

bare terrain 53%

80 km

5,289 m

grassland 40%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

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

May weather nearby: Batken 18 km · Konibodom 25 km · Yaypan 32 km · Beshariq 34 km · Qo‘qon 52 km · Rishton 62 km · Qayroqqum 72 km · Oltiariq 78 km

Tajikistan travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / I; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 28% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,637; 2025
Happiness: 5.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 65%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 15.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 409
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 Isfara (40.1265°, 70.6253°, elevation 824 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	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	26	14
11	26	14
12	26	14
13	26	15
14	26	15
15	26	15
16	26	15
17	27	15
18	27	15
19	27	15
20	27	15
21	27	15
22	27	16
23	28	16
24	28	16
25	28	16
26	28	16
27	28	16
28	29	16
29	29	17
30	29	17
31	29	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	43
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	43
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	48	52
6	47	53
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	54	46
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	56	44
23	57	43
24	58	42
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	60	40
28	61	39
29	61	39
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	49
3	49
4	49
5	49
6	49
7	48
8	48
9	48
10	48
11	47
12	47
13	47
14	47
15	47
16	47
17	46
18	46
19	46
20	45
21	45
22	44
23	43
24	43
25	42
26	41
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	93	7
5	93	7
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	94	6