Climate averages 1991–2020
Shirbīn 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 Shirbīn: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 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 43 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dikirnis (14 km away). In May its highs average 31.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Shirbīn, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 107 cities listed in Egypt, Shirbīn ranks 96th of 107 for the warmest May highs and 102nd of 107 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 107 cities is 33.1°C; Shirbīn is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.4 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
Shirbīn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 12 | 3.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 19.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 8.5 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.1 | 1.2 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 30.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 13.714 h |
| June | 33.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 33.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| December | 20.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 6.3 | 2.0 | 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
- Dikirnis in MayEgypt · 14 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Bilqās in MayEgypt · 16 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Ţalkhā in MayEgypt · 21 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Al Mansurah in MayEgypt · 22 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Biyalā in MayEgypt · 29 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 1.5 mm rain
- As Sinbillāwayn in MayEgypt · 35 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Damietta in MayEgypt · 37 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Al Manzalah in MayEgypt · 39 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.3 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 Shirbīn) is explained once on the Shirbīn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.