Birine weather in May

In May, Birine sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 31 mm of rain across 5.5 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Birine's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Birine's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
13°
8th coldest
Rainfall
31 mm
5.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:47 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
44%
6th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Birine reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 6°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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52411
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How May really feels in Birine

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Birine weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 266.10.39.93.2
Feb13° / 235.70.510.74.1
Mar17° / 296.10.111.76.1
Apr21° / 346.3012.97.1
May26° / 13°315.5013.97.5
Jun32° / 18°133.1014.44.8
Jul36° / 22°61.9014.22.4
Aug35° / 21°113.5013.32.9
Sep29° / 17°275.8012.26.2
Oct23° / 12°284.9011.17.8
Nov16° / 245.1010.15.8
Dec12° / 245.30.29.63.7

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
36436
46535
56535
66436
76436
86337
96436
106436
116436
126436
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317129

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Birine gets around 31 mm of rain over 5.5 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 17% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
121
221
320
419
518
618
717
817
916
1016
1115
1215
1315
1415
1515
1615
1716
1816
1916
2017
2117
2218
2318
2418
2519
2619
2718
2818
2918
3017
3117

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 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19910
29910
39910
49910
59910
69910
79820
89820
99820
109820
119820
129820
139730
149730
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199640
209640
219640
229550
239550
249550
259460
269460
279370
289271
299271
309271
319271

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
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811calm
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1011calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 7:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.46:027:27
213.56:007:28
313.55:597:29
413.55:587:30
513.65:577:30
613.65:567:31
713.65:557:32
813.65:547:33
913.75:537:34
1013.75:527:35
1113.75:517:35
1213.85:507:36
1313.85:507:37
1413.85:497:38
1513.85:487:39
1613.95:477:40
1713.95:467:40
1813.95:467:41
1914.05:457:42
2014.05:447:43
2114.05:437:44
2214.05:437:44
2314.05:427:45
2414.15:427:46
2514.15:417:47
2614.15:407:47
2714.15:407:48
2814.25:397:49
2914.25:397:49
3014.25:397:50
3114.25:387:51

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.46 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.99 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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277.2Intense
287.2Intense
297.2Intense
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317.3Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Birine

In seasonPeak

None of Birine's seasonal hazards are active in May. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Birine sees seasonal dust haze (June–July), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Birine?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Birine for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Birine in May

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

In May, Birine sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Birine in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Birine peaks around June 23 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct5High
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Birine 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 Birine is worst in July — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 2041 µg/m³Nov 1929 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan31Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun32Moderate
Jul41Poor
Aug37Poor
Sep38Poor
Oct34Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Birine?

Birine sits at 35.6°N, 3.2°E, 736 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Aïn Oussera, 35 km away.

Topography around Birine

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Birine has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 751 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,423 m.

The land around Birine is covered by grassland (42%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (41%), bare terrain (29%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
112 m
16 km
211 m
80 km
1,423 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Aïn Oussera 35 km · Chellalat el Adhaouara 38 km · Ksar el Boukhari 51 km · Sidi Aïssa 57 km · Ain el Hadjel 59 km · Berrouaghia 62 km · Hassi Bahbah 65 km · Sour el Ghozlane 71 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
Muslim 99%

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 Birine (35.635°, 3.225°, elevation 736 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).