Amdjarass weather in May

In May, Amdjarass sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Amdjarass's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Amdjarass's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:02 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
18%
4th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Amdjarass is place in Ennedi-Est.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical May day in Amdjarass reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Amdjarass

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
31
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.

Amdjarass weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 10°0011.29.1
Feb26° / 13°00.111.59.1
Mar30° / 17°0011.96.8
Apr34° / 21°0012.44.2
May36° / 23°10.212.72.6
Jun37° / 24°20.812.92.3
Jul35° / 23°376.112.93.1
Aug33° / 22°6710.712.53.5
Sep35° / 23°71.812.13.3
Oct32° / 21°00.111.65.3
Nov27° / 15°0011.38.8
Dec23° / 11°0011.19.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
29010
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Amdjarass gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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.

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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 (%)Humid (%)
110000
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Wind in May

Winds average 20 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:09 AM to 5:00 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:095:43
212.65:085:43
312.65:085:43
412.65:075:44
512.65:075:44
612.65:065:44
712.65:065:45
812.75:055:45
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1012.75:055:45
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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 7.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.83 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.77 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.8Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Amdjarass

In seasonPeak

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

Amdjarass sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in May.

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

Is May a good time to visit Amdjarass?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Amdjarass. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Amdjarass in May

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

In May, Amdjarass sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Amdjarass in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Amdjarass peaks around April 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highHighApr 23UV 13Dec 17UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Amdjarass 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 Amdjarass is worst in February — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.9× the cleanest month (August, 35 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 22103 µg/m³Aug 1836 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan93Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar103Unhealthy
Apr80Unhealthy
May67Unhealthy
Jun52Poor
Jul49Poor
Aug35Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct68Unhealthy
Nov63Unhealthy
Dec87Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Amdjarass?

Amdjarass sits at 16.1°N, 22.8°E, 900 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Iriba, 123 km away.

IribaFadaBiltineKutum'ĀrdamatāEl Geneina FortAl-JunaynahAdré

Topography around Amdjarass

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Amdjarass has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 912 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 534 m.

The land around Amdjarass is covered by bare terrain (99%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (91%) within 80 km.

3 km
126 m
16 km
301 m
80 km
534 m
grasslandbare terrain
May weather nearby: Iriba 123 km · Fada 183 km · Biltine 267 km · Kutum 286 km · 'Ārdamatā 291 km · El Geneina Fort 291 km · Al-Junaynah 294 km · Adré 297 km

Chad travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,022
2025
Happiness
4.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
6%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
32.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 52%Protestant 24%Roman Catholic 20%none 3%

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 Amdjarass (16.0667°, 22.8354°, elevation 900 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).