Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Khums weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th 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 Khums: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th 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 Msalātah (22 km away). In May its highs average 25.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Al Khums, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Libya, Al Khums ranks 17th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 27.2°C; Al Khums is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.4 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
Al Khums climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 61 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 17.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 43 | 6.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 19.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 25 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 11 | 2.1 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 26.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 4.4 | 1.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 10 | 1.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 27 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 22.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 34 | 5.9 | 10.511 h |
| December | 18.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 53 | 8.5 | 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
- Msalātah in MayLibya · 22 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Zliten in MayLibya · 35 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Misratah in MayLibya · 84 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Tājūrā’ in MayLibya · 89 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Qaşr Bin Ghashīr in MayLibya · 101 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Tripoli in MayLibya · 104 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Janzūr in MayLibya · 118 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Az Zāwīyah in MayLibya · 144 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 4.9 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 Khums) is explained once on the Al Khums year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.