Farshūţ weather in May

In May, Farshūţ sees average daytime highs of 37°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 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 36°C in the first days to 39°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 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Farshūţ's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Farshūţ's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
8th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
13 h 18 min
5:09 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
15%
6th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.94 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.0
out of 10

Farshūţ is human settlement in Egypt.

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 36°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical May day in Farshūţ reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 42°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 Farshūţ

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.

Farshūţ 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
Jan22° / 10.210.68.9
Feb24° / 00.211.19.3
Mar28° / 13°10.111.88.3
Apr33° / 17°0012.64.8
May37° / 21°0013.32.0
Jun39° / 24°0013.60.5
Jul40° / 25°0013.50.3
Aug39° / 25°0012.90.5
Sep38° / 23°0012.21.6
Oct34° / 20°00.111.44.1
Nov28° / 14°10.110.78.1
Dec23° / 10.110.49.2

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 6% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18812
28713
38713
48713
58713
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78911
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13919
14928
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31946

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

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

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Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 hours at the start of May to 13 h 30 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 6:18 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:196:18
213.05:196:18
313.05:186:19
413.05:176:19
513.15:166:20
613.15:166:20
713.15:156:21
813.15:146:21
913.15:146:22
1013.25:136:22
1113.25:126:23
1213.25:126:24
1313.25:116:24
1413.25:116:25
1513.35:106:25
1613.35:096:26
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1813.35:086:27
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2013.35:076:28
2113.45:076:28
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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 7.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.31 kWh/m² to a high of 8.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.8Intense
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37.8Intense
47.8Intense
57.8Intense
67.8Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Farshūţ

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Is May a good time to visit Farshūţ?

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

2.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Farshūţ.

What to pack for Farshūţ in May

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

In May, Farshūţ sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Farshūţ in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Farshūţ peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 18UV 11Jan 1UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan5Moderate
Feb6High
Mar9Very high
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Farshūţ 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 Farshūţ is worst in January — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 1871 µg/m³Jul 2046 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan71Unhealthy
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May60Unhealthy
Jun55Poor
Jul46Poor
Aug49Poor
Sep53Poor
Oct55Unhealthy
Nov56Unhealthy
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Farshūţ?

Farshūţ sits at 26.1°N, 32.2°E, 77 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Nag Hammâdi, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Farshūţ

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Farshūţ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 68 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 337 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 581 m.

The land around Farshūţ is covered by cropland (51%), trees (27%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (41%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
12 m
16 km
337 m
80 km
581 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Nag Hammâdi 8.0 km · Abū Ţisht 10 km · Al Balyanā 26 km · Al Waqf 26 km · Dār as Salām 27 km · Dishnā 31 km · Girga 41 km · Qina 58 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 Farshūţ (26.055°, 32.1627°, elevation 77 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).