Climate averages 1991–2020
Qina weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Qina: daytime highs average 38.1°C and nights cool to about 21.3°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 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qūş (28 km away). In May its highs average 38.3°C, about as warm as Qina, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Qina ranks joint 5th 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; Qina is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 40.4°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
Qina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 38.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 40.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 40.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 40.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 38.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 28.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 10.911 h |
| December | 23.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 10.511 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
- Qūş in MayEgypt · 28 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Luxor in MayEgypt · 52 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Farshūţ in MayEgypt · 58 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Armant in MayEgypt · 63 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Girga in MayEgypt · 85 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Minshāh in MayEgypt · 98 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Esna in MayEgypt · 98 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Sohag in MayEgypt · 112 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 Qina) is explained once on the Qina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.