Climate averages 1991–2020
Kafr az Zayyāt 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 Kafr az Zayyāt: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 16.4°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 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basyūn (13 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Kafr az Zayyāt, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Kafr az Zayyāt ranks joint 79th of 107 for the warmest May highs and joint 69th of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Kafr az Zayyāt is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 34.7°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
Kafr az Zayyāt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 6.8 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| February | 20.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| March | 23.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 5.3 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 31.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 34.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 35.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 35.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 25.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 4.6 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 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
- Basyūn in MayEgypt · 13 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Ītāy al Bārūd in MayEgypt · 16 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Tanta in MayEgypt · 18 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Talā in MayEgypt · 20 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Ash Shuhadā’ in MayEgypt · 27 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kafr ash Shaykh in MayEgypt · 34 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Shibīn al Kawm in MayEgypt · 35 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Al Maḩallah al Kubrá in MayEgypt · 37 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.0 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 Kafr az Zayyāt) is explained once on the Kafr az Zayyāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.