As Sāḩil weather in May

In May, As Sāḩil sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is As Sāḩil's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As Sāḩil's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 36°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 18 min; 5:11 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 6th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

← April As Sāḩil year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in As Sāḩil reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 2°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	34	20
8	35	20
9	35	20
10	35	20
11	35	20
12	35	20
13	35	21
14	35	21
15	35	21
16	36	21
17	36	21
18	36	21
19	36	21
20	36	22
21	36	22
22	36	22
23	36	22
24	37	22
25	37	22
26	37	22
27	37	22
28	37	23
29	37	23
30	37	23
31	37	23

How May really feels in As Sāḩil

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

As Sāḩil weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 8°	1	0.1	10.5	8.6
Feb	23° / 9°	0	0.1	11	9.1
Mar	26° / 12°	2	0.2	11.8	8.9
Apr	31° / 17°	0	0	12.6	5.9
May	36° / 21°	0	0	13.3	3.1
Jun	38° / 24°	0	0	13.7	1.7
Jul	38° / 25°	0	0	13.5	1.3
Aug	38° / 25°	0	0	13	1.4
Sep	36° / 24°	0	0	12.2	2.7
Oct	33° / 20°	0	0	11.4	5.2
Nov	27° / 14°	1	0	10.7	8.6
Dec	22° / 10°	0	0.1	10.3	8.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% 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 9%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	93	94	94	94	95	95
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

As Sāḩil 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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in May

Winds average 13 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of May to 13 h 36 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 5:05 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:39 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:21	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:12	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:05
Sunset (PM)	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	5:21	6:22
2	13.0	5:21	6:23
3	13.1	5:20	6:23
4	13.1	5:19	6:24
5	13.1	5:18	6:24
6	13.1	5:17	6:25
7	13.1	5:17	6:26
8	13.2	5:16	6:26
9	13.2	5:15	6:27
10	13.2	5:15	6:27
11	13.2	5:14	6:28
12	13.3	5:13	6:28
13	13.3	5:13	6:29
14	13.3	5:12	6:30
15	13.3	5:12	6:30
16	13.3	5:11	6:31
17	13.3	5:10	6:31
18	13.4	5:10	6:32
19	13.4	5:09	6:32
20	13.4	5:09	6:33
21	13.4	5:08	6:34
22	13.4	5:08	6:34
23	13.5	5:08	6:35
24	13.5	5:07	6:35
25	13.5	5:07	6:36
26	13.5	5:07	6:36
27	13.5	5:06	6:37
28	13.5	5:06	6:37
29	13.5	5:06	6:38
30	13.6	5:05	6:38
31	13.6	5:05	6:39

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.05 kWh/m² to a high of 8.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.7	Intense
5	7.8	Intense
6	7.8	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.8	Intense
9	7.8	Intense
10	7.8	Intense
11	7.8	Intense
12	7.9	Intense
13	7.9	Intense
14	7.9	Intense
15	7.9	Intense
16	7.9	Intense
17	7.9	Intense
18	8.0	Intense
19	8.0	Intense
20	8.0	Intense
21	8.0	Intense
22	8.0	Intense
23	8.0	Intense
24	8.0	Intense
25	8.0	Intense
26	8.0	Intense
27	8.0	Intense
28	8.0	Intense
29	8.0	Intense
30	8.0	Intense
31	8.1	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for As Sāḩil

In seasonPeak

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

As Sāḩil sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Apr

May

Jun

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit As Sāḩil?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

6.8

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for As Sāḩil in May

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

In May, As Sāḩil sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in As Sāḩil 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 As Sāḩil peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	6	8	9	10	11	10	10	9	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	9	Very high
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in As Sāḩil 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 As Sāḩil is worst in January — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 41 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	70	65	63	60	57	51	41	43	49	51	53	61
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	70	Unhealthy
Feb	65	Unhealthy
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	60	Unhealthy
May	57	Unhealthy
Jun	51	Poor
Jul	41	Poor
Aug	43	Poor
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	53	Poor
Dec	61	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is As Sāḩil?

As Sāḩil sits at 27.1°N, 31.3°E, 61 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Abū Tīj, 3.0 km away.

Topography around As Sāḩil

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around As Sāḩil has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 55 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 252 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 519 m.

The land around As Sāḩil is covered by trees (48%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (39%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

20 m

trees 48%

16 km

252 m

bare terrain 39%

80 km

519 m

bare terrain 85%

treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

← April As Sāḩil year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Abū Tīj 3.0 km · Al Badārī 11 km · Şidfā 11 km · Ţimā 19 km · Assiut 21 km · Al Ghanāyim 21 km · An Nāşirīyah 22 km · Abnūb 30 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

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 As Sāḩil (27.0631°, 31.3442°, elevation 61 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	34	20
8	35	20
9	35	20
10	35	20
11	35	20
12	35	20
13	35	21
14	35	21
15	35	21
16	36	21
17	36	21
18	36	21
19	36	21
20	36	22
21	36	22
22	36	22
23	36	22
24	37	22
25	37	22
26	37	22
27	37	22
28	37	23
29	37	23
30	37	23
31	37	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	34	20
8	35	20
9	35	20
10	35	20
11	35	20
12	35	20
13	35	21
14	35	21
15	35	21
16	36	21
17	36	21
18	36	21
19	36	21
20	36	22
21	36	22
22	36	22
23	36	22
24	37	22
25	37	22
26	37	22
27	37	22
28	37	23
29	37	23
30	37	23
31	37	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	19
4	34	19
5	34	20
6	34	20
7	34	20
8	35	20
9	35	20
10	35	20
11	35	20
12	35	20
13	35	21
14	35	21
15	35	21
16	36	21
17	36	21
18	36	21
19	36	21
20	36	22
21	36	22
22	36	22
23	36	22
24	37	22
25	37	22
26	37	22
27	37	22
28	37	23
29	37	23
30	37	23
31	37	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	89	11
5	89	11
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	92	8
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	99	1
31	99	1