Gharyan weather in May

In May, Gharyan sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 31°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gharyan's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gharyan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
5th warmest
Overnight low
18°
7th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:15 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
30%
5th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Gharyan is town in northwestern Libya, in Jabal al Gharbi District.

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 27°C in the first days to 31°C by the end.

A typical May day in Gharyan reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Gharyan

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.

Gharyan weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 274.910.15.5
Feb17° / 274.510.86.3
Mar20° / 11°233.911.87.7
Apr25° / 14°122.212.88.5
May29° / 18°61.213.67.1
Jun33° / 21°20.414.14.8
Jul35° / 23°00.113.93.9
Aug35° / 23°20.313.23.8
Sep32° / 22°102.312.25.0
Oct28° / 18°183.411.27.5
Nov22° / 13°132.610.48.1
Dec17° / 204.79.96.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27921
37921
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57921
68020
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gharyan gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.2 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 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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26
36
45
55
65
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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 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19730
29730
39640
49640
59640
69550
79550
89460
99460
109370
119271
129181
139181
149091
159091
1688102
1787112
1886122
1985132
2085132
2183143
2282153
2381163
2481163
2579174
2678184
2778184
2878184
2976195
3076195
3175196

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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515light breeze
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815light 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 6:28 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 7:43 PM to 8:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.26:287:43
213.36:277:43
313.36:267:44
413.36:257:45
513.46:247:45
613.46:237:46
713.46:227:47
813.46:217:48
913.56:207:48
1013.56:197:49
1113.56:197:50
1213.56:187:51
1313.66:177:51
1413.66:167:52
1513.66:167:53
1613.66:157:53
1713.76:147:54
1813.76:147:55
1913.76:137:56
2013.76:127:56
2113.86:127:57
2213.86:117:58
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2413.86:107:59
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2613.86:098:00
2713.96:098:01
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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 7.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 7.16 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
27.0Intense
37.0Intense
47.0Intense
57.0Intense
67.0Intense
77.1Intense
87.1Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Gharyan

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is May a good time to visit Gharyan?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gharyan in May

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

In May, Gharyan sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gharyan in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gharyan peaks around June 18 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJun 18UV 11Jan 10UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb6High
Mar7Very high
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Gharyan 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 Gharyan is worst in April — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (August, 29 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorApr 1464 µg/m³Aug 1129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb50Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul30Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct38Poor
Nov44Poor
Dec44Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Gharyan?

Gharyan sits at 32.2°N, 13.0°E, 704 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Al Qawāsim, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Gharyan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gharyan has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m around an average of 625 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 676 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 951 m.

The land around Gharyan is covered by grassland (52%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and bare terrain (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (54%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
376 m
16 km
676 m
80 km
951 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Al Qawāsim 4.0 km · Al Aşābi‘ah 21 km · Al ‘Azīzīyah 40 km · Yafran 48 km · An Nāşirīyah 53 km · Az Zahrā’ 58 km · Qaşr Bin Ghashīr 59 km · As Sawānī 61 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 Gharyan (32.1722°, 13.0203°, elevation 704 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).