Dihok Weather in May
Dihok in May
The short of it: Dihok in May averages a high of 30 °C (85 °F) and a low of 17 °C (63 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 14 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are October and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 30° · low 17° · rain 44 mm · daylight 14 h 7 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: October & May
Thirty years of records give Dihok an average May high of 30°, a low of 17° and some 44 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from April to about 30°, with nights near 17°. Rain is modest, about 44 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 7 min in mid-May, 62 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are October and May.
Against its neighbours, Dihok runs about middling and drier than most in May. Sīnah, 8 km to the SE, sees much the same highs.
May in Dihok, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 7° warmer, 37 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 7° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SīnahDuhok | 8 km SE | 30° | 17° | 43 mm |
| SimeleDuhok | 12 km W | 31° | 17° | 46 mm |
| SumaylDuhok | 12 km W | 31° | 17° | 46 mm |
| MangêshDuhok | 21 km NNE | 27° | 15° | 51 mm |
| BatifaDuhok | 34 km N | 27° | 15° | 51 mm |
| Kays Qal‘ahNineveh | 38 km SE | 31° | 17° | 33 mm |
| Taxe Cheya AzadiyeDuhok | 39 km ENE | 26° | 15° | 50 mm |
| ZaxoDuhok | 41 km NW | 30° | 17° | 43 mm |