Al Fashn weather in May

In May, Al Fashn sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. 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 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Al Fashn's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Fashn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:10 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
17%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
7.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Al Fashn 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 32°C in the first days to 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Al Fashn reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 2°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Al Fashn

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.

Al Fashn weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 20.410.48.2
Feb22° / 10°20.4118.7
Mar25° / 13°20.411.89.1
Apr30° / 16°0012.76.9
May34° / 20°0013.44.2
Jun36° / 23°0013.82.7
Jul37° / 24°0013.72.2
Aug37° / 25°00132.3
Sep35° / 23°0012.23.6
Oct31° / 20°0011.35.9
Nov26° / 15°10.310.68.8
Dec21° / 10°10.310.28.6

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 6% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28614
38713
48713
58713
68713
78713
88812
98812
108812
118812
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138911
148911
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21919
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23919
24919
25928
26937
27937
28946
29946
30946
31955

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Al Fashn gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% 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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10982
11982
12982
13973
14973
15973
16973
17964
18964
19964
20955
21946
22937
23937
24928
25919
269010
278911
288812
298614
308515
318416

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 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
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
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914light breeze
1014light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 42 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 5:21 AM to 5:03 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.15:216:26
213.15:206:27
313.15:196:28
413.25:186:28
513.25:176:29
613.25:176:29
713.25:166:30
813.35:156:31
913.35:146:31
1013.35:146:32
1113.35:136:33
1213.35:126:33
1313.45:126:34
1413.45:116:34
1513.45:106:35
1613.45:106:36
1713.55:096:36
1813.55:096:37
1913.55:086:37
2013.55:076:38
2113.55:076:39
2213.55:066:39
2313.65:066:40
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2513.65:056:41
2613.65:056:42
2713.65:046:42
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2913.75:046:43
3013.75:036:44
3113.75:036:44

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.71 kWh/m² to a high of 8.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.85 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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47.6Intense
57.7Intense
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278.0Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Al Fashn

In seasonPeak

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

Al Fashn sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

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

Is May a good time to visit Al Fashn?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al Fashn in May

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

In May, Al Fashn sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Fashn 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 Al Fashn peaks around July 17 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 11Jan 13UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar8Very high
Apr8Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Al Fashn 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 Al Fashn is worst in January — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (July, 34 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 1880 µg/m³Jul 2234 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb74Unhealthy
Mar66Unhealthy
Apr56Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul34Moderate
Aug35Moderate
Sep39Poor
Oct46Poor
Nov60Unhealthy
Dec70Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Al Fashn?

Al Fashn sits at 28.8°N, 30.9°E, 39 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Sumusţā as Sulţānī, 11 km away.

Topography around Al Fashn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Fashn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 37 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 m.

The land around Al Fashn is covered by cropland (43%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and bare terrain (34%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (73%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
230 m
80 km
535 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Sumusţā as Sulţānī 11 km · Sumusţā al Waqf 12 km · Bibā 14 km · Al ‘Idwah 19 km · Maghāghah 20 km · Ihnāsyā al Madīnah 30 km · Banī Suwayf al Jadīdah 31 km · New Bani Sewif City 32 km

Egypt travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 15% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,086
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
79%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
10.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 459
Religion
Muslim 90%Christian 10%

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 Al Fashn (28.8231°, 30.899°, elevation 39 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).