Climate averages 1991–2020
Banī Suwayf weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Banī Suwayf: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 18.9°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 joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bibā (20 km away). In May its highs average 34.2°C, about as warm as Banī Suwayf, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Banī Suwayf ranks joint 35th 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; Banī Suwayf is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 36.6°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
Banī Suwayf climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 10.511 h |
| February | 21.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.111 h |
| March | 25.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.1 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 34.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| June | 36.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 37.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 37.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 35.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| November | 25.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 10.310 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
- Bibā in MayEgypt · 20 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Fashn in MayEgypt · 34 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Iţsā in MayEgypt · 35 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Fayyum in MayEgypt · 36 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sinnūris in MayEgypt · 44 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ţāmiyah in MayEgypt · 47 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ibshawāy in MayEgypt · 51 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Maghāghah in MayEgypt · 54 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 19.3°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 Banī Suwayf) is explained once on the Banī Suwayf year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bibā lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.