Climate averages 1991–2020
Al-'Ubūr weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Al-'Ubūr: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Khānkah (11 km away). In May its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Al-'Ubūr, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Al-'Ubūr ranks 72nd of 107 for the warmest May highs and joint 46th of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Al-'Ubūr is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 35.3°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-'Ubūr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 3.8 | 1.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.4°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 4.0 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 4.3 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 32.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 33.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 10.210 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 Khānkah in MayEgypt · 11 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 0.5 mm rain
- El Shorouk in MayEgypt · 16 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Mashtūl as Sūq in MayEgypt · 18 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Shibīn al Qanāţir in MayEgypt · 18 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Khuşūş in MayEgypt · 18 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- New Cairo in MayEgypt · 22 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Bilbeis in MayEgypt · 23 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Shubrā al Khaymah in MayEgypt · 25 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.5 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-'Ubūr) is explained once on the Al-'Ubūr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
El Shorouk and Mashtūl as Sūq lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.