Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Bayḑā’ weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 5th 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 Al Bayḑā’: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Darnah (82 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, 3.3°C warmer than Al Bayḑā’, with 5.5 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Bayḑā’ ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 27.2°C; Al Bayḑā’ is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 3.3 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
Al Bayḑā’ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 58 | 11.2 | 10.310 h |
| February | 13.0°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 47 | 9.4 | 11.011 h |
| March | 15.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 36 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 16 | 3.8 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 23.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 11 | 2.6 | 13.814 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 14.314 h |
| July | 27.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 27.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 13.413 h |
| September | 26.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 9.7 | 2.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 19 | 5.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 29 | 6.4 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 10.010 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
- Darnah in MayLibya · 82 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Al Marj in MayLibya · 92 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Benghazi in MayLibya · 174 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Tobruk in MayLibya · 220 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Ajdabiya in MayLibya · 266 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Irákleion in MayGreece · 423 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Sirte in MayLibya · 517 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Marsá Maţrūḩ in MayEgypt · 540 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 1.8 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 Al Bayḑā’) is explained once on the Al Bayḑā’ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.