Climate averages 1991–2020

Madīnat as Sādāt 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 31.8°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 15.7°C Night-time mean, May

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

May is a hot month in Madīnat as Sādāt: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°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 40 min on an average May day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Munūf (42 km away). In May its highs average 32.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Madīnat as Sādāt, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Madīnat as Sādāt ranks joint 81st 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; Madīnat as Sādāt is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 34.5°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

Madīnat as Sādāt climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Madīnat as Sādāt, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	18.3°C7.5°C	7.5°C	2.3	0.7	10.410 h
February	19.8°C7.8°C	7.8°C	2.8	0.8	11.111 h
March	23.4°C9.6°C	9.6°C	3.3	0.6	12.012 h
April	27.8°C12.3°C	12.3°C	0.7	0.2	12.913 h
May, selected	31.8°C15.7°C	15.7°C	0.3	0.1	13.714 h
June	34.5°C18.6°C	18.6°C	0	0.0	14.114 h
July	35.6°C20.4°C	20.4°C	0	0.0	13.914 h
August	35.5°C21.0°C	21.0°C	0	0.0	13.213 h
September	33.5°C19.5°C	19.5°C	0	0.0	12.412 h
October	29.7°C16.9°C	16.9°C	0.9	0.2	11.511 h
November	24.4°C13.0°C	13.0°C	1.8	0.6	10.711 h
December	19.9°C9.3°C	9.3°C	1.5	0.4	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

Distance from Madīnat as Sādāt

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 Madīnat as Sādāt) is explained once on the Madīnat as Sādāt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.