Aoulef weather in May

In May, Aoulef sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-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 69% 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 Aoulef's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aoulef's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 38°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 6:12 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 12th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 7.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.2; out of 10

Aoulef is town in Adrar Province, Algeria.

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 Aoulef reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 43°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)	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	40	40	41
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	22
5	37	22
6	37	22
7	37	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	23
11	38	23
12	38	23
13	38	23
14	38	23
15	38	24
16	38	24
17	38	24
18	39	24
19	39	24
20	39	24
21	39	25
22	39	25
23	39	25
24	39	25
25	40	25
26	40	25
27	40	25
28	40	26
29	40	26
30	40	26
31	41	26

How May really feels in Aoulef

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

11 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.

Aoulef weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 8°	2	0.3	10.5	8.8
Feb	24° / 10°	1	0.4	11	9.2
Mar	29° / 14°	1	0.4	11.8	7.6
Apr	34° / 19°	2	0.3	12.6	4.3
May	38° / 24°	1	0.1	13.3	1.2
Jun	43° / 28°	0	0	13.7	0.0
Jul	45° / 31°	0	0	13.5	0.0
Aug	44° / 30°	0	0.1	13	0.0
Sep	41° / 27°	2	0.3	12.2	0.2
Oct	35° / 21°	1	0.1	11.4	3.7
Nov	27° / 14°	1	0.2	10.7	8.3
Dec	22° / 9°	1	0.2	10.3	9.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in May, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

	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 (%)	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	78	78	78	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	78	78	79	80	81	82	84	84
Cloudier (%)	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	22	22	22	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	21	20	19	18	16	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	84	16
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Aoulef gets around 1 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 (%)	1	1	1	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

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
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	0
30	0
31	0

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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in May

Winds average 18 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	18	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 6:23 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 7:40 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	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	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	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06
Sunset (PM)	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:39	7:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	6:23	7:23
2	13.0	6:22	7:24
3	13.1	6:21	7:24
4	13.1	6:20	7:25
5	13.1	6:19	7:25
6	13.1	6:19	7:26
7	13.1	6:18	7:26
8	13.2	6:17	7:27
9	13.2	6:17	7:28
10	13.2	6:16	7:28
11	13.2	6:15	7:29
12	13.2	6:15	7:29
13	13.3	6:14	7:30
14	13.3	6:13	7:30
15	13.3	6:13	7:31
16	13.3	6:12	7:32
17	13.3	6:12	7:32
18	13.4	6:11	7:33
19	13.4	6:11	7:33
20	13.4	6:10	7:34
21	13.4	6:10	7:34
22	13.4	6:09	7:35
23	13.4	6:09	7:36
24	13.5	6:08	7:36
25	13.5	6:08	7:37
26	13.5	6:08	7:37
27	13.5	6:07	7:38
28	13.5	6:07	7:38
29	13.5	6:07	7:39
30	13.5	6:07	7:39
31	13.6	6:06	7:40

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.13 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.72 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)	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	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
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	7.6	Intense
2	7.6	Intense
3	7.6	Intense
4	7.6	Intense
5	7.7	Intense
6	7.7	Intense
7	7.7	Intense
8	7.7	Intense
9	7.7	Intense
10	7.7	Intense
11	7.7	Intense
12	7.7	Intense
13	7.7	Intense
14	7.7	Intense
15	7.7	Intense
16	7.7	Intense
17	7.7	Intense
18	7.7	Intense
19	7.7	Intense
20	7.7	Intense
21	7.7	Intense
22	7.7	Intense
23	7.8	Intense
24	7.8	Intense
25	7.8	Intense
26	7.8	Intense
27	7.8	Intense
28	7.8	Intense
29	7.8	Intense
30	7.8	Intense
31	7.8	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Aoulef

In seasonPeak

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

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

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Dec

Is May a good time to visit Aoulef?

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

1.2

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Aoulef.

What to pack for Aoulef in May

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

In May, Aoulef sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Aoulef in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aoulef peaks around May 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (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)	6	7	9	9	10	9	10	6	10	7	6	5
Level	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	7	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	6	High
Dec	5	Moderate

Air quality in Aoulef 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 Aoulef is worst in July — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 48 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)	58	82	73	79	79	74	87	80	71	69	48	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	58	Unhealthy
Feb	82	Unhealthy
Mar	73	Unhealthy
Apr	79	Unhealthy
May	79	Unhealthy
Jun	74	Unhealthy
Jul	87	Unhealthy
Aug	80	Unhealthy
Sep	71	Unhealthy
Oct	69	Unhealthy
Nov	48	Poor
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Aoulef?

Aoulef sits at 27.0°N, 1.1°E, 285 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Reggane, 95 km away.

Topography around Aoulef

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aoulef has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 284 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m.

The land around Aoulef is covered by bare terrain (86%) within 3 km, bare terrain (98%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

41 m

bare terrain 86%

16 km

103 m

bare terrain 98%

80 km

467 m

bare terrain 100%

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

May weather nearby: Reggane 95 km · In Salah 141 km · Adrar 169 km · Timimoun 269 km · El Menia 438 km · Béchar 608 km · Metlili Chaamba 639 km · Tamanghasset 645 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 Aoulef (26.9667°, 1.0833°, elevation 285 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	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	22
5	37	22
6	37	22
7	37	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	23
11	38	23
12	38	23
13	38	23
14	38	23
15	38	24
16	38	24
17	38	24
18	39	24
19	39	24
20	39	24
21	39	25
22	39	25
23	39	25
24	39	25
25	40	25
26	40	25
27	40	25
28	40	26
29	40	26
30	40	26
31	41	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
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	0
30	0
31	0

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	22
5	37	22
6	37	22
7	37	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	23
11	38	23
12	38	23
13	38	23
14	38	23
15	38	24
16	38	24
17	38	24
18	39	24
19	39	24
20	39	24
21	39	25
22	39	25
23	39	25
24	39	25
25	40	25
26	40	25
27	40	25
28	40	26
29	40	26
30	40	26
31	41	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
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	0
30	0
31	0

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	36	21
2	36	21
3	36	21
4	36	22
5	37	22
6	37	22
7	37	22
8	37	22
9	37	22
10	37	23
11	38	23
12	38	23
13	38	23
14	38	23
15	38	24
16	38	24
17	38	24
18	39	24
19	39	24
20	39	24
21	39	25
22	39	25
23	39	25
24	39	25
25	40	25
26	40	25
27	40	25
28	40	26
29	40	26
30	40	26
31	41	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	81	19
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	77	23
15	76	24
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	79	21
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	84	16
31	84	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
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	0
30	0
31	0

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