Climate averages 1991–2020
Hurghada weather
in May.
A 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 hot month in Hurghada: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°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 29 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qina (163 km away). In May its highs average 38.1°C, 7.4°C warmer than Hurghada, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Hurghada ranks joint 93rd of 107 for the warmest May highs and joint 38th of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Hurghada is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 33.1°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
Hurghada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 10.611 h |
| February | 21.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| March | 23.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.4 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 33.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 34.2°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 34.5°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 32.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 29.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 2.5 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 25.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 1.1 | 0.1 | 10.510 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
- Qina in MayEgypt · 163 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Qūş in MayEgypt · 182 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Luxor in MayEgypt · 209 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Farshūţ in MayEgypt · 212 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Girga in MayEgypt · 216 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Minshāh in MayEgypt · 217 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Armant in MayEgypt · 222 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Sohag in MayEgypt · 224 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 0.2 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 Hurghada) is explained once on the Hurghada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.