Hassi Bahbah weather in May

In May, Hassi Bahbah sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 25 mm of rain across 4.8 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% 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 Hassi Bahbah's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hassi Bahbah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
5th warmest
Overnight low
13°
8th coldest
Rainfall
25 mm
4.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
5:49 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
42%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
7.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Hassi Bahbah is human settlement.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical May day in Hassi Bahbah reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 14°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 6°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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How May really feels in Hassi Bahbah

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.

Hassi Bahbah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 275.60.49.93.4
Feb13° / 225.40.510.74.3
Mar17° / 265.60.111.76.3
Apr21° / 315.4012.97.3
May27° / 13°254.8013.87.5
Jun33° / 18°113.1014.34.5
Jul37° / 22°51.8014.12.1
Aug36° / 21°93.2013.32.8
Sep30° / 17°244.9012.26.1
Oct24° / 12°244.1011.18.0
Nov17° / 194.4010.26.1
Dec13° / 2350.39.74.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 51% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16535
26634
36634
46733
56733
66832
76733
86733
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Hassi Bahbah gets around 25 mm of rain over 4.8 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 15% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
117
217
316
415
515
614
714
814
913
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1113
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1815
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2016
2116
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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 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14982
15982
16982
17982
18982
19982
20973
21973
22973
23964
24964
25964
26955
27955
28955
29955
30955
31955

Wind in May

Winds average 11 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
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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 6:03 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 7:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.46:037:27
213.46:027:28
313.56:017:29
413.56:007:29
513.55:597:30
613.65:587:31
713.65:577:32
813.65:567:33
913.65:557:34
1013.75:547:34
1113.75:537:35
1213.75:527:36
1313.85:517:37
1413.85:517:38
1513.85:507:38
1613.85:497:39
1713.95:487:40
1813.95:487:41
1913.95:477:42
2013.95:467:42
2114.05:467:43
2214.05:457:44
2314.05:447:45
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2514.05:437:46
2614.15:437:47
2714.15:427:47
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2914.15:417:49
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.58 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.18 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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57.0Intense
67.0Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Hassi Bahbah

In seasonPeak

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

Hassi Bahbah sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in July.

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

Is May a good time to visit Hassi Bahbah?

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
7.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Hassi Bahbah in May

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

In May, Hassi Bahbah sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 13°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Hassi Bahbah 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 Hassi Bahbah peaks around July 14 at about 9 (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 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 9Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr7Very high
May8Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec2Moderate

Air quality in Hassi Bahbah 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 Hassi Bahbah is worst in September — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 14 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateSep 1231 µg/m³Dec 2314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Hassi Bahbah?

Hassi Bahbah sits at 35.1°N, 3.0°E, 886 m above sea level, in Algeria. The nearest listed city is Aïn Oussera, 44 km away.

Topography around Hassi Bahbah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hassi Bahbah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 888 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 408 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 968 m.

The land around Hassi Bahbah is covered by grassland (31%), bare terrain (25%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, grassland (50%), bare terrain (29%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (40%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
408 m
80 km
968 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Aïn Oussera 44 km · Dar Chioukh 46 km · Djelfa 49 km · Charef 54 km · Birine 65 km · Ksar Chellala 67 km · ’Aïn el Bell 83 km · El Idrissia 83 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 Hassi Bahbah (35.0711°, 3.0299°, elevation 886 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).