Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-Khārijah weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Al-Khārijah: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khārjah (22 km away). In May its highs average 35.8°C, about as warm as Al-Khārijah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al-Khārijah ranks joint 15th of 107 for the warmest May highs and joint 27th of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Al-Khārijah is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 38.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Al-Khārijah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 10.811 h |
| February | 22.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 36.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 38.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 38.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 38.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 36.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.8°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 10.611 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Al Khārjah in MayEgypt · 22 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Girga in MayEgypt · 181 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Juhaynah in MayEgypt · 184 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Farshūţ in MayEgypt · 185 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sohag in MayEgypt · 185 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Minshāh in MayEgypt · 185 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ţahţā in MayEgypt · 194 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Ghanāyim in MayEgypt · 197 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al-Khārijah) is explained once on the Al-Khārijah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.