Zagazig weather in May

In May, Zagazig sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 12 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Zagazig's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zagazig's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
18°
7th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:04 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
20%
5th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Zagazig is city in Egypt.

Founded
1830

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 31°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical May day in Zagazig reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13016
23116
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How May really feels in Zagazig

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 19 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
19
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.

Zagazig weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 51.410.27.9
Feb21° / 10°61.510.98.2
Mar24° / 12°5111.88.9
Apr28° / 14°10.412.77.7
May32° / 18°10.213.55.2
Jun35° / 21°0013.93.5
Jul35° / 23°0013.83.2
Aug35° / 23°0013.13.4
Sep34° / 22°0012.24.2
Oct31° / 19°20.311.25.9
Nov26° / 15°30.810.58.4
Dec22° / 11°30.910.18.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28416
38515
48515
58515
68515
78515
88614
98614
108614
118614
128614
138713
148713
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26928
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30937
31946

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Zagazig gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
11
21
31
41
51
61
71
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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 51% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
180191
279201
378211
476231
575241
673252
771272
870282
968302
1067312
1164333
1263343
1361363
1458384
1556404
1654424
1751445
1848476
1945497
2042508
2139529
22365410
23345511
24315712
25295714
26275815
27255817
28235918
29215920
30195922
31185824

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
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810calm
910calm
1010calm
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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 48 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 5:16 AM to 4:57 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.25:166:26
213.25:156:27
313.25:146:28
413.35:136:28
513.35:126:29
613.35:126:30
713.35:116:30
813.45:106:31
913.45:096:32
1013.45:086:32
1113.45:076:33
1213.55:076:34
1313.55:066:34
1413.55:056:35
1513.55:056:36
1613.55:046:36
1713.65:036:37
1813.65:036:38
1913.65:026:38
2013.65:026:39
2113.65:016:40
2213.75:016:40
2313.75:006:41
2413.75:006:42
2513.74:596:42
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2713.84:586:43
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3013.84:576:45
3113.84:576:46

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.85 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.5 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.2Intense
27.2Intense
37.2Intense
47.2Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
77.3Intense
87.3Intense
97.3Intense
107.4Intense
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127.4Intense
137.4Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Zagazig

In seasonPeak

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

Zagazig 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 Zagazig?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zagazig in May

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

In May, Zagazig sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Zagazig 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 Zagazig peaks around June 17 at about 11 (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 — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 17UV 11Jan 11UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Zagazig 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 Zagazig is worst in January — around 125 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (July, 39 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyJan 12124 µg/m³Jul 1939 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan125Unhealthy
Feb111Unhealthy
Mar86Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun44Poor
Jul39Poor
Aug42Poor
Sep48Poor
Oct66Unhealthy
Nov108Unhealthy
Dec122Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Zagazig?

Zagazig sits at 30.6°N, 31.5°E, 16 m above sea level, in Egypt. The nearest listed city is Al Qanāyāt, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Zagazig

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zagazig has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 592 m.

The land around Zagazig is covered by artificial surfaces (64%) and cropland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (78%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and bare terrain (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
31 m
80 km
592 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Al Qanāyāt 5.0 km · Hihyā 12 km · Al Ibrāhīmīyah 16 km · Minyā al Qamḩ 17 km · Abū Ḩammād 18 km · Diyarb Najm 19 km · Bilbeis 19 km · Abū Kabīr 22 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 Zagazig (30.5877°, 31.502°, elevation 16 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).