Climate averages 1991–2020

Shibīn al Kawm 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 32.6°C Daytime mean, May

Average low 16.5°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 Shibīn al Kawm: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 16.5°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 Ash Shuhadā’ (12 km away). In May its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Shibīn al Kawm, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Shibīn al Kawm ranks joint 63rd of 107 for the warmest May highs and joint 63rd of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Shibīn al Kawm is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From May to June, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 35.5°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

Shibīn al Kawm climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Shibīn al Kawm, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	19.2°C8.4°C	8.4°C	4.6	1.4	10.410 h
February	20.6°C8.7°C	8.7°C	5.0	1.5	11.111 h
March	24.1°C10.5°C	10.5°C	4.7	0.9	12.012 h
April	28.5°C13.1°C	13.1°C	1.2	0.3	12.913 h
May, selected	32.6°C16.5°C	16.5°C	0.6	0.2	13.714 h
June	35.5°C19.4°C	19.4°C	0	0.0	14.114 h
July	36.1°C21.2°C	21.2°C	0	0.0	13.914 h
August	35.9°C21.8°C	21.8°C	0	0.0	13.313 h
September	34.4°C20.5°C	20.5°C	0.1	0.0	12.412 h
October	30.9°C18.0°C	18.0°C	1.8	0.4	11.511 h
November	25.5°C14.2°C	14.2°C	2.9	0.8	10.611 h
December	20.9°C10.3°C	10.3°C	2.7	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

Distance from Shibīn al Kawm

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 Shibīn al Kawm) is explained once on the Shibīn al Kawm year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

Munūf, Sirs al Layyānah and Ash Shuhadā’ lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.