Kafr al Baţţīkh weather in May

In May, Kafr al Baţţīkh sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kafr al Baţţīkh's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kafr al Baţţīkh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
6th warmest
Overnight low
19°
7th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:02 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover
19%
5th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
7.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.3
out of 10

Kafr al Baţţīkh is Kafr El Batikh City, Damietta Governorate.

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 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical May day in Kafr al Baţţīkh reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Kafr al Baţţīkh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Kafr al Baţţīkh weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 13°336.910.26.4
Feb18° / 13°244.910.96.7
Mar19° / 14°142.511.87.7
Apr21° / 16°51.312.78.4
May24° / 19°10.413.69.3
Jun27° / 22°00149.2
Jul29° / 24°0013.88.0
Aug29° / 25°0013.17.6
Sep28° / 24°0012.28.3
Oct26° / 22°71.211.28.7
Nov23° / 19°163.310.48.3
Dec19° / 15°245107.2

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%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
28713
38713
48713
58713
68812
78812
88812
98911
108911
118911
128911
138911
148911
159010
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18919
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21928
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24937
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26937
27937
28946
29946
30955
31955

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kafr al Baţţīkh gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.4 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 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 49% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 13% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11855261
21654282
31454302
41253332
51152352
61050382
7849403
8747433
9745453
10643464
11542485
12540495
13439516
14437527
15435538
16334549
173325510
182305612
192285713
202265814
212245816
222225818
232205919
242195821
252175823
262155825
272145727
282125630
292115532
301105435
31185338

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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516light breeze
616light breeze
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916light breeze
1016light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 4:54 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:146:27
213.25:136:27
313.35:126:28
413.35:116:29
513.35:106:29
613.35:096:30
713.45:086:31
813.45:086:32
913.45:076:32
1013.45:066:33
1113.55:056:34
1213.55:046:34
1313.55:046:35
1413.55:036:36
1513.65:026:36
1613.65:026:37
1713.65:016:38
1813.65:006:38
1913.75:006:39
2013.74:596:40
2113.74:586:40
2213.74:586:41
2313.74:576:42
2413.84:576:42
2513.84:566:43
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2713.84:566:44
2813.84:556:45
2913.84:556:46
3013.94:556:46
3113.94:546:47

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
27.1Intense
37.1Intense
47.2Intense
57.2Intense
67.2Intense
77.2Intense
87.3Intense
97.3Intense
107.3Intense
117.3Intense
127.3Intense
137.4Intense
147.4Intense
157.4Intense
167.4Intense
177.5Intense
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257.6Intense
267.6Intense
277.7Intense
287.7Intense
297.7Intense
307.7Intense
317.7Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kafr al Baţţīkh

In seasonPeak

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

Kafr al Baţţīkh sees seasonal dust haze (May), heaviest in May.

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

Is May a good time to visit Kafr al Baţţīkh?

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

9.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Kafr al Baţţīkh for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kafr al Baţţīkh in May

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

In May, Kafr al Baţţīkh sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 19°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Kafr al Baţţīkh in May

The nearest coast averages about 21°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in August at about 28°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 2 to Dec 20 — about 7.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr19Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun24Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Refreshing

UV index in Kafr al Baţţīkh 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 Kafr al Baţţīkh peaks around June 22 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 22UV 10Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Kafr al Baţţīkh 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 Kafr al Baţţīkh is worst in January — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.9× the cleanest month (July, 21 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorJan 1559 µg/m³Jul 2021 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb52Poor
Mar42Poor
Apr33Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov49Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kafr al Baţţīkh?

Kafr al Baţţīkh sits at 31.4°N, 31.7°E, 5 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Dumyāţ al Jadīdah, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Kafr al Baţţīkh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kafr al Baţţīkh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m.

The land around Kafr al Baţţīkh is covered by cropland (39%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (34%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and water (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
27 m
80 km
32 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Dumyāţ al Jadīdah 7.0 km · Damietta 7.0 km · Kafr Sa‘d 7.0 km · Fāraskūr 9.0 km · Ar-Rawḍah 9.0 km · Mīt Abū Ghālib 14 km · ‘Izbat al Burj 15 km · As Sarw 20 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 Kafr al Baţţīkh (31.404°, 31.7378°, elevation 5 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).