Climate averages 1991–2020
Marsá Maţrūḩ weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Marsá Maţrūḩ: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alexandria (255 km away). In May its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Marsá Maţrūḩ, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Marsá Maţrūḩ ranks 104th of 107 for the warmest May highs and 106th of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Marsá Maţrūḩ is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.8 mm to 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
Marsá Maţrūḩ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 11 | 2.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.9 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.214 h |
| July | 31.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 4.9 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 7.2 | 2.0 | 10.611 h |
| December | 18.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 9.5 | 2.8 | 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
- Alexandria in MayEgypt · 255 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Kafr ad Dawwār in MayEgypt · 276 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Idkū in MayEgypt · 291 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Ḩawsh ‘Īsá in MayEgypt · 295 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Rosetta in MayEgypt · 302 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Damanhur in MayEgypt · 309 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Fuwwah in MayEgypt · 315 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Tobruk in MayLibya · 321 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.2 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 Marsá Maţrūḩ) is explained once on the Marsá Maţrūḩ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.