Esna weather in May

In May, Esna sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Esna's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Esna's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 37°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:09 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 7th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.1; out of 10

Esna is city in Egypt.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical May day in Esna reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°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)	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39
Avg low (°C)	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	21
2	35	22
3	35	22
4	36	22
5	36	22
6	36	22
7	36	22
8	36	22
9	36	23
10	36	23
11	36	23
12	36	23
13	37	23
14	37	23
15	37	23
16	37	23
17	37	24
18	37	24
19	37	24
20	37	24
21	38	24
22	38	24
23	38	24
24	38	25
25	38	25
26	38	25
27	38	25
28	38	25
29	38	25
30	38	25
31	39	25

How May really feels in Esna

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.

Esna weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 10°	1	0.2	10.6	8.9
Feb	24° / 11°	0	0	11.1	9.3
Mar	28° / 15°	0	0.1	11.8	8.4
Apr	33° / 19°	0	0	12.6	4.9
May	37° / 23°	0	0	13.2	2.1
Jun	39° / 26°	0	0	13.5	0.7
Jul	39° / 27°	0	0	13.4	0.5
Aug	39° / 27°	0	0	12.9	0.5
Sep	38° / 26°	0	0	12.2	1.7
Oct	34° / 22°	0	0	11.4	4.2
Nov	28° / 16°	0	0.1	10.8	8.2
Dec	23° / 12°	0	0	10.5	9.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% 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%.

	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	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	93
Cloudier (%)	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	93	7

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Esna 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	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

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

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	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	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	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	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:19 AM to 5:04 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:31 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)	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	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	13.4	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:19	5:18	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:13	5:12	5:11	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:04	5:04	5:04
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	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	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:19	6:15
2	13.0	5:18	6:16
3	13.0	5:17	6:16
4	13.0	5:17	6:17
5	13.0	5:16	6:17
6	13.0	5:15	6:18
7	13.1	5:15	6:18
8	13.1	5:14	6:19
9	13.1	5:13	6:19
10	13.1	5:13	6:20
11	13.1	5:12	6:20
12	13.2	5:11	6:21
13	13.2	5:11	6:21
14	13.2	5:10	6:22
15	13.2	5:10	6:22
16	13.2	5:09	6:23
17	13.2	5:09	6:23
18	13.3	5:08	6:24
19	13.3	5:08	6:24
20	13.3	5:07	6:25
21	13.3	5:07	6:26
22	13.3	5:06	6:26
23	13.3	5:06	6:27
24	13.4	5:06	6:27
25	13.4	5:05	6:28
26	13.4	5:05	6:28
27	13.4	5:05	6:29
28	13.4	5:05	6:29
29	13.4	5:04	6:30
30	13.4	5:04	6:30
31	13.4	5:04	6:31

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 8.12 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.95 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)	7.8	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	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	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	7.8	Intense
2	7.8	Intense
3	7.8	Intense
4	7.8	Intense
5	7.8	Intense
6	7.8	Intense
7	7.9	Intense
8	7.9	Intense
9	7.9	Intense
10	7.9	Intense
11	7.9	Intense
12	7.9	Intense
13	8.0	Intense
14	8.0	Intense
15	8.0	Intense
16	8.0	Intense
17	8.0	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	8.1	Intense
27	8.1	Intense
28	8.1	Intense
29	8.1	Intense
30	8.1	Intense
31	8.1	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Esna

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Esna?

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

2.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Esna.

What to pack for Esna in May

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

In May, Esna sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Esna in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Esna peaks around June 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 5 (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)	5	7	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	8	6	5
Level	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

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

Air quality in Esna 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 Esna is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	53	52	55	53	52	51	43	45	48	48	43	46
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	53	Poor
Feb	52	Poor
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	53	Poor
May	52	Poor
Jun	51	Poor
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	43	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Esna?

Esna sits at 25.3°N, 32.6°E, 86 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is As Sibā‘īyah, 17 km away.

Topography around Esna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Esna has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 80 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 744 m.

The land around Esna is covered by cropland (36%), trees (28%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (59%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

23 m

cropland 36%

16 km

536 m

bare terrain 59%

80 km

744 m

bare terrain 91%

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

May weather nearby: As Sibā‘īyah 17 km · Al Başalīyah Baḩrī 23 km · Ţūd 32 km · Armant 36 km · Al Bayāḑīyah 42 km · Luxor 46 km · Edfu 48 km · Aţ Ţārif 50 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 Esna (25.2934°, 32.554°, elevation 86 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	35	21
2	35	22
3	35	22
4	36	22
5	36	22
6	36	22
7	36	22
8	36	22
9	36	23
10	36	23
11	36	23
12	36	23
13	37	23
14	37	23
15	37	23
16	37	23
17	37	24
18	37	24
19	37	24
20	37	24
21	38	24
22	38	24
23	38	24
24	38	25
25	38	25
26	38	25
27	38	25
28	38	25
29	38	25
30	38	25
31	39	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	93	7

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	21
2	35	22
3	35	22
4	36	22
5	36	22
6	36	22
7	36	22
8	36	22
9	36	23
10	36	23
11	36	23
12	36	23
13	37	23
14	37	23
15	37	23
16	37	23
17	37	24
18	37	24
19	37	24
20	37	24
21	38	24
22	38	24
23	38	24
24	38	25
25	38	25
26	38	25
27	38	25
28	38	25
29	38	25
30	38	25
31	39	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	93	7

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	35	21
2	35	22
3	35	22
4	36	22
5	36	22
6	36	22
7	36	22
8	36	22
9	36	23
10	36	23
11	36	23
12	36	23
13	37	23
14	37	23
15	37	23
16	37	23
17	37	24
18	37	24
19	37	24
20	37	24
21	38	24
22	38	24
23	38	24
24	38	25
25	38	25
26	38	25
27	38	25
28	38	25
29	38	25
30	38	25
31	39	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	93	7

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