Adrar weather in May

In May, Adrar sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 40°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Adrar's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Adrar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 38°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 6:16 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover: 25%; 11th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.5; out of 10

Adrar is сapital city of Adrar Province, Algeria.

Density: 108/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 40°C by the end.

A typical May day in Adrar reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40
Avg low (°C)	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	20
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	21
5	36	21
6	36	21
7	36	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	22
11	37	22
12	37	22
13	37	23
14	38	23
15	38	23
16	38	23
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	38	24
20	38	24
21	39	24
22	39	24
23	39	24
24	39	24
25	39	25
26	39	25
27	39	25
28	40	25
29	40	25
30	40	25
31	40	25

How May really feels in Adrar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

8 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Adrar weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 7°	2	0.4	10.4	8.7
Feb	24° / 10°	2	0.4	11	9.1
Mar	28° / 14°	2	0.4	11.8	7.9
Apr	33° / 18°	3	0.3	12.6	4.6
May	38° / 23°	0	0.1	13.4	1.5
Jun	43° / 27°	0	0.1	13.7	0.0
Jul	46° / 31°	0	0	13.6	0.0
Aug	44° / 30°	1	0.2	13	0.0
Sep	41° / 26°	2	0.4	12.2	0.3
Oct	34° / 20°	1	0.3	11.3	4.0
Nov	26° / 13°	1	0.4	10.6	8.5
Dec	22° / 8°	1	0.2	10.3	8.8

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	85	85
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	15	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	85	15
31	85	15

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Adrar gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in May

Winds average 18 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze
31	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 7:47 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10
Sunset (PM)	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:46	7:47	7:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	6:27	7:30
2	13.1	6:26	7:30
3	13.1	6:25	7:31
4	13.1	6:24	7:32
5	13.1	6:24	7:32
6	13.2	6:23	7:33
7	13.2	6:22	7:33
8	13.2	6:21	7:34
9	13.2	6:21	7:35
10	13.3	6:20	7:35
11	13.3	6:19	7:36
12	13.3	6:19	7:36
13	13.3	6:18	7:37
14	13.3	6:17	7:38
15	13.4	6:17	7:38
16	13.4	6:16	7:39
17	13.4	6:16	7:39
18	13.4	6:15	7:40
19	13.4	6:14	7:40
20	13.5	6:14	7:41
21	13.5	6:14	7:42
22	13.5	6:13	7:42
23	13.5	6:13	7:43
24	13.5	6:12	7:43
25	13.5	6:12	7:44
26	13.6	6:11	7:44
27	13.6	6:11	7:45
28	13.6	6:11	7:46
29	13.6	6:10	7:46
30	13.6	6:10	7:47
31	13.6	6:10	7:47

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.02 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.7	Intense
5	7.7	Intense
6	7.7	Intense
7	7.7	Intense
8	7.7	Intense
9	7.7	Intense
10	7.8	Intense
11	7.8	Intense
12	7.8	Intense
13	7.8	Intense
14	7.8	Intense
15	7.8	Intense
16	7.8	Intense
17	7.8	Intense
18	7.8	Intense
19	7.8	Intense
20	7.8	Intense
21	7.8	Intense
22	7.8	Intense
23	7.9	Intense
24	7.9	Intense
25	7.9	Intense
26	7.9	Intense
27	7.9	Intense
28	7.9	Intense
29	7.9	Intense
30	7.9	Intense
31	8.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Adrar

In seasonPeak

In May, Adrar sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Adrar sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in July.

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Is May a good time to visit Adrar?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.5

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Adrar.

What to pack for Adrar in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Adrar sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Adrar in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Adrar peaks around July 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	5	7	8	9	9	10	11	10	9	7	5	4
Level	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	High
Feb	7	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Adrar in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Adrar is worst in April — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 42 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	46	72	68	76	71	71	75	72	66	61	42	56
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	72	Unhealthy
Mar	68	Unhealthy
Apr	76	Unhealthy
May	71	Unhealthy
Jun	71	Unhealthy
Jul	75	Unhealthy
Aug	72	Unhealthy
Sep	66	Unhealthy
Oct	61	Unhealthy
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	56	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Adrar?

Adrar sits at 27.9°N, 0.3°W, 257 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Reggane, 137 km away.

Topography around Adrar

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Adrar.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Adrar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m.

The land around Adrar is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and bare terrain (36%) within 3 km, bare terrain (95%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

30 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

80 m

bare terrain 95%

80 km

230 m

bare terrain 99%

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← April Adrar year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Reggane 137 km · Timimoun 163 km · Aoulef 169 km · In Salah 284 km · El Menia 430 km · Béchar 456 km · Merzouga 508 km · Moulay Ali Cherif 539 km

Algeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,051; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 69%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 468
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Adrar (27.8743°, -0.2939°, elevation 257 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	20
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	21
5	36	21
6	36	21
7	36	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	22
11	37	22
12	37	22
13	37	23
14	38	23
15	38	23
16	38	23
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	38	24
20	38	24
21	39	24
22	39	24
23	39	24
24	39	24
25	39	25
26	39	25
27	39	25
28	40	25
29	40	25
30	40	25
31	40	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	20
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	21
5	36	21
6	36	21
7	36	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	22
11	37	22
12	37	22
13	37	23
14	38	23
15	38	23
16	38	23
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	38	24
20	38	24
21	39	24
22	39	24
23	39	24
24	39	24
25	39	25
26	39	25
27	39	25
28	40	25
29	40	25
30	40	25
31	40	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	20
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	21
5	36	21
6	36	21
7	36	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	22
11	37	22
12	37	22
13	37	23
14	38	23
15	38	23
16	38	23
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	38	24
20	38	24
21	39	24
22	39	24
23	39	24
24	39	24
25	39	25
26	39	25
27	39	25
28	40	25
29	40	25
30	40	25
31	40	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	82	18
16	82	18
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	82	18
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	85	15
31	85	15

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	100	0
31	100	0