Tehran Weather in May
Tehran in May
The short of it: Tehran in May averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 12 mm (0.47 in) of rain and about 14 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 18° · rain 12 mm · daylight 14 h 2 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Tehran an average May high of 28°, a low of 18° and some 12 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from April to about 28°, with nights near 18°. Rain is scarce, about 12 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 2 min in mid-May, 59 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 April and October.
Against its neighbours, Tehran runs about middling and about as wet in May. Vaḩīdīyeh, 5 km to the ENE, is 1° cooler by day.
May in Tehran, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 17 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VaḩīdīyehTehran | 5 km ENE | 27° | 17° | 12 mm |
| Shahrak-e QodsTehran | 8 km NNW | 26° | 16° | 14 mm |
| Morteẕá GerdTehran | 12 km SSW | 28° | 18° | 11 mm |
| TajrīshTehran | 12 km N | 25° | 15° | 16 mm |
| Shahrak-e ‘Alā’īnTehran | 13 km SSE | 28° | 18° | 11 mm |
| AndīshehTehran | 14 km WNW | 28° | 17° | 12 mm |
| Chahār DangehTehran | 14 km SW | 28° | 17° | 12 mm |
| BāqershahrTehran | 18 km S | 28° | 17° | 11 mm |