Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Khārjah weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Al Khārjah: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 20.4°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 7th 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-Khārijah (22 km away). In May its highs average 36.2°C, about as warm as Al Khārjah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al Khārjah ranks 20th of 107 for the warmest May highs and joint 1st of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Al Khārjah is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 37.7°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 Khārjah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10.711 h |
| February | 22.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 35.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| June | 37.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 38.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 38.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 35.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 0.2 | 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-Khārijah in MayEgypt · 22 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Juhaynah in MayEgypt · 166 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Girga in MayEgypt · 167 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Sohag in MayEgypt · 168 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Minshāh in MayEgypt · 170 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ţahţā in MayEgypt · 175 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Farshūţ in MayEgypt · 175 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Ghanāyim in MayEgypt · 177 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 Khārjah) is explained once on the Al Khārjah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.