Al Jawf weather in May

In May, Al Jawf sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% 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 Al Jawf's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Jawf's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 36°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 5:48 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover: 15%; 6th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 7.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Al Jawf is town in Libya.

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 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in Al Jawf reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 14°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	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	20
2	35	20
3	35	20
4	35	20
5	35	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	35	21
9	35	21
10	35	21
11	35	21
12	35	21
13	36	21
14	36	21
15	36	21
16	36	21
17	36	22
18	36	22
19	36	22
20	36	22
21	37	22
22	37	22
23	37	23
24	37	23
25	37	23
26	37	23
27	37	23
28	37	23
29	37	23
30	37	23
31	38	23

How May really feels in Al Jawf

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.

Al Jawf weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 6°	0	0.1	10.7	8.3
Feb	22° / 8°	0	0.1	11.2	9.0
Mar	27° / 12°	1	0.1	11.8	8.8
Apr	32° / 17°	0	0	12.5	5.3
May	36° / 22°	0	0	13.2	2.8
Jun	38° / 24°	0	0	13.5	1.6
Jul	38° / 24°	0	0	13.3	1.6
Aug	38° / 25°	0	0	12.8	1.7
Sep	36° / 22°	0	0	12.1	3.0
Oct	31° / 18°	0	0	11.4	6.2
Nov	25° / 12°	0	0	10.8	9.2
Dec	20° / 7°	0	0.1	10.5	8.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% 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 8%. 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 (%)	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Al Jawf 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 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	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 5:57 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:05 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	12.9	12.9	13.0	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	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:57	6:51
2	12.9	5:57	6:51
3	12.9	5:56	6:52
4	13.0	5:55	6:52
5	13.0	5:54	6:53
6	13.0	5:54	6:53
7	13.0	5:53	6:54
8	13.0	5:52	6:54
9	13.0	5:52	6:55
10	13.1	5:51	6:55
11	13.1	5:51	6:56
12	13.1	5:50	6:56
13	13.1	5:50	6:57
14	13.1	5:49	6:57
15	13.2	5:49	6:58
16	13.2	5:48	6:58
17	13.2	5:48	6:59
18	13.2	5:47	6:59
19	13.2	5:47	7:00
20	13.2	5:46	7:00
21	13.2	5:46	7:01
22	13.3	5:45	7:01
23	13.3	5:45	7:02
24	13.3	5:45	7:02
25	13.3	5:44	7:03
26	13.3	5:44	7:03
27	13.3	5:44	7:04
28	13.3	5:44	7:04
29	13.4	5:43	7:05
30	13.4	5:43	7:05
31	13.4	5:43	7:05

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 8.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.88 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	7.8	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	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9
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	7.8	Intense
3	7.8	Intense
4	7.8	Intense
5	7.8	Intense
6	7.8	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.8	Intense
9	7.8	Intense
10	7.9	Intense
11	7.9	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	7.9	Intense
19	7.9	Intense
20	7.9	Intense
21	7.9	Intense
22	7.9	Intense
23	7.9	Intense
24	7.9	Intense
25	7.9	Intense
26	7.9	Intense
27	7.9	Intense
28	7.9	Intense
29	7.9	Intense
30	7.9	Intense
31	7.9	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Al Jawf

In seasonPeak

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

Al Jawf sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust

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Is May a good time to visit Al Jawf?

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

2.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

6.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Al Jawf in May

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

In May, Al Jawf sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Al Jawf in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Jawf peaks around May 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 5 (high).

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	11	12	11	11	12	11	10	7	6
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	5	High
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	11	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	7	High
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Al Jawf 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 Al Jawf is worst in May — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.4× the cleanest month (November, 31 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)	40	45	67	66	76	65	48	50	47	45	31	33
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	40	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	66	Unhealthy
May	76	Unhealthy
Jun	65	Unhealthy
Jul	48	Poor
Aug	50	Poor
Sep	47	Poor
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Al Jawf?

Al Jawf sits at 24.2°N, 23.3°E, 391 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is At Tāj, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Al Jawf

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Jawf has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 384 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m.

The land around Al Jawf is covered by bare terrain (74%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (94%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (100%) within 80 km.

3 km

52 m

bare terrain 74%

16 km

97 m

bare terrain 94%

80 km

378 m

bare terrain 100%

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

May weather nearby: At Tāj 1.0 km · Mūţ 592 km · Siwa 599 km · Al Bawīţī 722 km · Al-Khārijah 742 km · Al Khārjah 745 km · Al Burayqah 782 km · Ajdabiya 789 km

Libya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 39% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,449; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths: 21.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 395
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 Al Jawf (24.1989°, 23.2909°, elevation 391 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	20
2	35	20
3	35	20
4	35	20
5	35	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	35	21
9	35	21
10	35	21
11	35	21
12	35	21
13	36	21
14	36	21
15	36	21
16	36	21
17	36	22
18	36	22
19	36	22
20	36	22
21	37	22
22	37	22
23	37	23
24	37	23
25	37	23
26	37	23
27	37	23
28	37	23
29	37	23
30	37	23
31	38	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
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 (%)
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	34	20
2	35	20
3	35	20
4	35	20
5	35	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	35	21
9	35	21
10	35	21
11	35	21
12	35	21
13	36	21
14	36	21
15	36	21
16	36	21
17	36	22
18	36	22
19	36	22
20	36	22
21	37	22
22	37	22
23	37	23
24	37	23
25	37	23
26	37	23
27	37	23
28	37	23
29	37	23
30	37	23
31	38	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
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 (%)
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	34	20
2	35	20
3	35	20
4	35	20
5	35	20
6	35	20
7	35	20
8	35	21
9	35	21
10	35	21
11	35	21
12	35	21
13	36	21
14	36	21
15	36	21
16	36	21
17	36	22
18	36	22
19	36	22
20	36	22
21	37	22
22	37	22
23	37	23
24	37	23
25	37	23
26	37	23
27	37	23
28	37	23
29	37	23
30	37	23
31	38	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	88	12
7	88	12
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
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 (%)
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