Baghdad Weather in May
Average highs run from 34°C on May 1 to 41°C on May 31, and lows from 18°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 9 mm over about 3 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 38°C
- Average low
- 21°C
- Precipitation
- 9 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 48°CMay 31, 1994
- Reanalysis low
- 12°CMay 6, 2005
- Daylight
- 13 h 30 min to 14 h 12 min
- Cloud cover
- 39%
- Humidity
- 28%
- Dew point
- 7°C
- Wind
- 12.2 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 34°C | 18°C | 39°C 2012 | 14°C 2002 | 17% |
| May 2 | 34°C | 18°C | 41°C 2012 | 14°C 1992 | 17% |
| May 3 | 35°C | 18°C | 41°C 2000 | 14°C 1993 | 17% |
| May 4 | 35°C | 19°C | 42°C 2000 | 14°C 1991 | 16% |
| May 5 | 35°C | 19°C | 40°C 2020 | 13°C 2005 | 15% |
| May 6 | 35°C | 19°C | 42°C 2014 | 12°C 2005 | 14% |
| May 7 | 35°C | 19°C | 43°C 1998 | 15°C 1995 | 13% |
| May 8 | 36°C | 19°C | 44°C 1998 | 15°C 2003 | 12% |
| May 9 | 36°C | 20°C | 44°C 1998 | 13°C 1995 | 11% |
| May 10 | 36°C | 20°C | 44°C 1998 | 15°C 2000 | 10% |
| May 11 | 36°C | 20°C | 43°C 1998 | 15°C 2000 | 10% |
| May 12 | 37°C | 20°C | 43°C 2010 | 15°C 2018 | 9% |
| May 13 | 37°C | 20°C | 42°C 2010 | 16°C 1992 | 8% |
| May 14 | 37°C | 21°C | 41°C 2003 | 17°C 2018 | 7% |
| May 15 | 37°C | 21°C | 43°C 2003 | 17°C 2011 | 6% |
| May 16 | 38°C | 21°C | 43°C 2003 | 16°C 2013 | 5% |
| May 17 | 38°C | 21°C | 44°C 1999 | 17°C 2013 | 5% |
| May 18 | 38°C | 21°C | 44°C 2020 | 16°C 1994 | 4% |
| May 19 | 38°C | 22°C | 45°C 2017 | 18°C 2018 | 4% |
| May 20 | 39°C | 22°C | 44°C 2012 | 15°C 1992 | 3% |
| May 21 | 39°C | 22°C | 45°C 2015 | 17°C 1992 | 3% |
| May 22 | 39°C | 22°C | 45°C 2020 | 17°C 1998 | 3% |
| May 23 | 39°C | 23°C | 45°C 2009 | 17°C 1991 | 3% |
| May 24 | 40°C | 23°C | 45°C 1995 | 15°C 1991 | 3% |
| May 25 | 40°C | 23°C | 46°C 2019 | 15°C 1991 | 3% |
| May 26 | 40°C | 23°C | 45°C 2007 | 18°C 1991 | 2% |
| May 27 | 40°C | 23°C | 45°C 1994 | 20°C 1992 | 2% |
| May 28 | 40°C | 23°C | 46°C 2020 | 21°C 2017 | 2% |
| May 29 | 41°C | 24°C | 47°C 1999 | 20°C 1991 | 2% |
| May 30 | 41°C | 24°C | 47°C 1994 | 18°C 1991 | 2% |
| May 31 | 41°C | 24°C | 48°C 1994 | 18°C 1991 | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:15 AM, sunset 6:45 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 4:54 AM, sunset 7:06 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.