Climate averages 1991–2020

Disūq 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.

Average high 30.6°C Daytime mean, May
Average low 16.4°C Night-time mean, May
Rainfall 1.6 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Disūq · average highYear overview

May is a hot month in Disūq: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (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 Fuwwah (12 km away). In May its highs average 29.3°C, 1.4°C cooler than Disūq, with 1.2 mm of rain.

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Disūq ranks joint 93rd of 107 for the warmest May highs and 105th of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Disūq is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.6 mm to under 1 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Disūq climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Disūq, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 18.5°C8.9°C8.9°C164.810.410 h
February 19.6°C9.0°C9.0°C143.611.111 h
March 22.7°C10.6°C10.6°C9.32.012.012 h
April 26.9°C13.1°C13.1°C3.71.312.913 h
May, selected 30.6°C16.4°C16.4°C1.60.413.714 h
June 33.2°C19.7°C19.7°C0.10.014.114 h
July 34.0°C21.7°C21.7°C0.10.014.014 h
August 34.1°C22.2°C22.2°C00.013.313 h
September 32.8°C20.7°C20.7°C0.50.112.412 h
October 29.6°C18.2°C18.2°C4.31.111.411 h
November 24.7°C14.5°C14.5°C9.82.210.611 h
December 20.3°C10.8°C10.8°C102.910.210 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

Distance from Disūq

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Disūq) is explained once on the Disūq year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.