El Meghaïer weather in May

In May, El Meghaïer sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is El Meghaïer's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Meghaïer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
8th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:40 AM – 7:25 PM
Cloud cover
30%
8th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
7.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in El Meghaïer reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in El Meghaïer

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 24 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
24
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

El Meghaïer 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 141.9107.2
Feb20° / 61.310.78.1
Mar24° / 12°112.311.78.7
Apr28° / 16°111.612.87.6
May33° / 21°4113.74.3
Jun39° / 26°10.214.21.1
Jul42° / 28°00.1140.0
Aug41° / 28°20.313.30.1
Sep36° / 24°161.612.22.9
Oct30° / 19°81.511.16.6
Nov23° / 13°101.710.28.5
Dec18° / 81.99.87.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28317
38317
48317
58317
68317
78317
88317
98317
108218
118218
128119
138020
148020
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318020

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

El Meghaïer gets around 4 mm of rain over 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
23
33
43
53
63
73
83
93
103
113
123
133
143
153
163
174
184
194
204
214
224
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244
254
264
273
283
293
303
312

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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19361
29361
39451
49451
59451
69451
79550
89550
99550
109361
119361
129361
139271
149181
159082
168992
1788102
1887112
1985123
2084133
2183143
2282153
2381163
2480173
2579183
2678193
2777203
2876213
2975223
3074233
3173243

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 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 5:53 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 7:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:537:14
213.45:527:14
313.45:517:15
413.45:507:16
513.55:497:17
613.55:487:18
713.55:477:18
813.55:467:19
913.65:467:20
1013.65:457:21
1113.65:447:21
1213.75:437:22
1313.75:427:23
1413.75:417:24
1513.75:417:25
1613.85:407:25
1713.85:397:26
1813.85:387:27
1913.85:387:28
2013.95:377:28
2113.95:367:29
2213.95:367:30
2313.95:357:30
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2514.05:347:32
2614.05:347:33
2714.05:337:33
2814.05:337:34
2914.05:327:35
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3114.15:327:36

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.4 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.4Intense
77.4Intense
87.4Intense
97.4Intense
107.4Intense
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297.5Intense
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317.5Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for El Meghaïer

In seasonPeak

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

El Meghaïer sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in June.

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

Is May a good time to visit El Meghaïer?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit El Meghaïer for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for El Meghaïer in May

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

In May, El Meghaïer sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in El Meghaïer 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 El Meghaïer peaks around June 18 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJun 18UV 9Dec 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr5High
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in El Meghaïer 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 El Meghaïer is worst in June — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 27 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJun 1469 µg/m³Dec 1428 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan34Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar50Poor
Apr64Unhealthy
May62Unhealthy
Jun70Unhealthy
Jul56Unhealthy
Aug50Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct36Poor
Nov30Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is El Meghaïer?

El Meghaïer sits at 34.0°N, 5.9°E, 1 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Djamaa, 47 km away.

Topography around El Meghaïer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Meghaïer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 370 m.

The land around El Meghaïer is covered by bare terrain (51%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, bare terrain (69%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (96%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
98 m
80 km
370 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Djamaa 47 km · Sidi Amrane 51 km · Reguiba 84 km · Megarine 86 km · Sidi Okba 88 km · Tebesbest 94 km · Touggourt 94 km · Ouled Djellal 95 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 El Meghaïer (33.9514°, 5.9222°, elevation 1 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).