Najaf Weather in May
Najaf in May
The short of it: Najaf in May averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 14° · rain 30 mm · daylight 14 h 11 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & April
May in Najaf brings afternoons near 26° and nights around 14°, with about 30 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from April to about 26°, with nights near 14°. Rain is modest, about 30 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 11 min in mid-May, 63 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and April.
Against its neighbours, Najaf runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Qarah Moşallá, 2 km to the SW, sees much the same highs.
May in Najaf, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 14 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qarah MoşalláNorth Khorasan | 2 km SW | 26° | 14° | 30 mm |
| ĀshkhānehNorth Khorasan | 2 km ESE | 26° | 14° | 30 mm |
| Mollā ḨasanNorth Khorasan | 3 km S | 26° | 14° | 30 mm |
| KerīkNorth Khorasan | 5 km E | 26° | 14° | 30 mm |
| BīdakNorth Khorasan | 31 km ESE | 24° | 12° | 33 mm |
| BojnūrdNorth Khorasan | 40 km ESE | 26° | 13° | 33 mm |
| BorjNorth Khorasan | 43 km ESE | 26° | 13° | 33 mm |
| KhartūtNorth Khorasan | 44 km NNW | 28° | 15° | 29 mm |