Az Zuwaytīnah weather in May

In May, Az Zuwaytīnah sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% 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 Az Zuwaytīnah's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Az Zuwaytīnah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
6th warmest
Overnight low
19°
7th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:49 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover
25%
6th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.9
out of 10

Az Zuwaytīnah is town in Cyrenaica, Libya.

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 25°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical May day in Az Zuwaytīnah reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 3°C warmer than April and about 2°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Az Zuwaytīnah

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.

Az Zuwaytīnah 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° / 12°295.610.26.4
Feb18° / 12°214.410.96.9
Mar20° / 14°102.111.88.0
Apr23° / 16°20.512.78.9
May26° / 19°10.213.58.9
Jun28° / 22°00148.1
Jul30° / 24°0013.87.4
Aug30° / 25°0013.16.8
Sep30° / 24°10.212.27.2
Oct27° / 21°61.311.28.4
Nov23° / 17°122.410.48.4
Dec19° / 14°335.8106.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%.

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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Az Zuwaytīnah 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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Humidity in May

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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 52% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in May

Winds average 20 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in May

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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 6:01 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 7:12 PM to 7:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 7.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.33 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Az Zuwaytīnah

In seasonPeak

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

Az Zuwaytīnah sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Is May a good time to visit Az Zuwaytīnah?

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

8.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Az Zuwaytīnah in May

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

In May, Az Zuwaytīnah sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 19°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Az Zuwaytīnah in May

The nearest coast averages about 20°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 27°C and coldest in February near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 16 to Dec 19 — about 7.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr18Cool
May20Refreshing
Jun23Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Refreshing

UV index in Az Zuwaytīnah in May

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Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Az Zuwaytīnah peaks around August 12 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 — every month of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar6High
Apr7Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Az Zuwaytīnah 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 Az Zuwaytīnah is worst in April — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.6× the cleanest month (July, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateApr 1444 µg/m³Jul 2313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb33Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr46Poor
May30Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Az Zuwaytīnah?

Az Zuwaytīnah sits at 31.0°N, 20.1°E, 7 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Ajdabiya, 24 km away.

BenghaziAl AbyārAl MarjBin JawwādAl Bayḑā’

Topography around Az Zuwaytīnah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Az Zuwaytīnah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m.

The land around Az Zuwaytīnah is covered by bare terrain (59%) and water (35%) within 3 km, bare terrain (53%) and water (46%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (72%) and water (27%) within 80 km.

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shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Ajdabiya 24 km · Al Burayqah 80 km · Qaryat Sulūq 81 km · Benghazi 129 km · Al Abyār 145 km · Al Marj 184 km · Bin Jawwād 196 km · Al Bayḑā’ 254 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
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Az Zuwaytīnah (30.9522°, 20.1202°, elevation 7 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).