Basra Weather in May
Basra in May
The short of it: Basra in May averages a high of 39 °C (102 °F) and a low of 24 °C (74 °F), with 17 mm (0.67 in) of rain and about 13 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 39° · low 24° · rain 17 mm · daylight 13 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & December
May in Basra brings afternoons near 39° and nights around 24°, with about 17 mm of rain over the month. Days run hot, near 39° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 17 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 48 min in mid-May, 52 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 February and December.
Against its neighbours, Basra runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Jhawarian, 7 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Basra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h