Climate averages 1991–2020
Alexandria weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Alexandria: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th 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 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kafr ad Dawwār (22 km away). In May its highs average 28.2°C, 2.3°C warmer than Alexandria, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Alexandria ranks 106th of 107 for the warmest May highs and joint 75th of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Alexandria is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 28.3°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
Alexandria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 46 | 7.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 29 | 5.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 14 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.1 | 1.0 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 13.714 h |
| June | 28.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 29.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 7.9 | 1.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 25 | 3.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 35 | 5.9 | 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
- Kafr ad Dawwār in MayEgypt · 22 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Idkū in MayEgypt · 38 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Ḩawsh ‘Īsá in MayEgypt · 48 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Rosetta in MayEgypt · 52 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Damanhur in MayEgypt · 56 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Fuwwah in MayEgypt · 60 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Disūq in MayEgypt · 70 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Ītāy al Bārūd in MayEgypt · 80 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.1 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 Alexandria) is explained once on the Alexandria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.