Climate averages 1991–2020
Ismailia 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.
May is a hot month in Ismailia: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 16.2°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 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fāqūs (47 km away). In May its highs average 32.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Ismailia, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Ismailia ranks joint 79th 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; Ismailia is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 34.8°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
Ismailia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 4.0 | 1.4 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 4.8 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 5.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 31.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| June | 34.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 36.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 36.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.5 | 0.5 | 11.511 h |
| November | 24.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 2.2 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 2.4 | 0.7 | 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
- Fāqūs in MayEgypt · 47 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Qurayn in MayEgypt · 51 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Abū Kabīr in MayEgypt · 59 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān in MayEgypt · 61 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Hihyā in MayEgypt · 66 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Maţarīyah in MayEgypt · 68 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Al Manzalah in MayEgypt · 69 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Bilbeis in MayEgypt · 71 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 0.6 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 Ismailia) is explained once on the Ismailia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.