Kirkuk Weather in May
Kirkuk in May
The short of it: Kirkuk in May averages a high of 35 °C (94 °F) and a low of 21 °C (70 °F), with 14 mm (0.55 in) of rain and about 14 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are November and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 35° · low 21° · rain 14 mm · daylight 14 h 1 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: November & April
Thirty years of records give Kirkuk an average May high of 35°, a low of 21° and some 14 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 35° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 14 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 1 min in mid-May, 59 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are November and April.
Against its neighbours, Kirkuk runs about middling and drier than most in May. Tāzah Khūrmātū, 19 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
May in Kirkuk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 8° warmer, 30 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tāzah KhūrmātūKirkuk | 19 km SSW | 35° | 21° | 8.0 mm |
| JamjamālSulaymaniyah | 41 km E | 32° | 18° | 23 mm |
| ShūrashSulaymaniyah | 41 km E | 32° | 18° | 23 mm |
| Ţūz KhūrmātūSalah ad Din | 68 km SSE | 36° | 21° | 5.0 mm |
| KoysinceqErbil | 72 km NNE | 31° | 18° | 31 mm |
| KhasnahzānErbil | 85 km NNW | 31° | 18° | 28 mm |
| ErbilErbil | 87 km NNW | 32° | 19° | 24 mm |
| AlZwyaSalah ad Din | 92 km WSW | 36° | 22° | 8.0 mm |