Climate averages 1991–2020

Farshūţ 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.

Average high 37.6°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a very hot month in Farshūţ: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 21.2°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 24 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Girga (41 km away). In May its highs average 37.4°C, about as warm as Farshūţ, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Farshūţ ranks 9th 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; Farshūţ is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 39.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

May in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Farshūţ climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Farshūţ, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	21.2°C7.5°C	7.5°C	0.5	0.2	10.711 h
February	23.6°C8.9°C	8.9°C	0.4	0.2	11.311 h
March	28.0°C12.2°C	12.2°C	0.6	0.1	12.012 h
April	33.4°C16.6°C	16.6°C	0.1	0.0	12.813 h
May, selected	37.6°C21.2°C	21.2°C	0.1	0.0	13.413 h
June	39.8°C23.5°C	23.5°C	0	0.0	13.714 h
July	40.0°C24.4°C	24.4°C	0	0.0	13.614 h
August	39.9°C24.2°C	24.2°C	0	0.0	13.113 h
September	38.2°C22.1°C	22.1°C	0	0.0	12.312 h
October	34.3°C18.9°C	18.9°C	0.2	0.1	11.612 h
November	27.8°C13.6°C	13.6°C	1.2	0.1	10.911 h
December	22.8°C9.1°C	9.1°C	0.6	0.1	10.511 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 Farshūţ

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 Farshūţ) is explained once on the Farshūţ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.