Tājūrā’ weather in May

In May, Tājūrā’ sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tājūrā’'s 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tājūrā’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
6th warmest
Overnight low
19°
7th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 42 min
6:12 AM – 7:53 PM
Cloud cover
28%
5th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.6
out of 10

Tājūrā’ is town in 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 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

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

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Tājūrā’ weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan16° / 13°759.210.15.4
Feb16° / 13°516.510.85.7
Mar17° / 14°223.911.86.8
Apr19° / 16°121.912.87.8
May22° / 19°40.713.78.6
Jun24° / 22°10.214.19.4
Jul27° / 24°0013.99.2
Aug28° / 26°10.213.28.6
Sep27° / 25°101.712.28.4
Oct25° / 22°263.911.28.2
Nov21° / 19°516.810.37.4
Dec18° / 15°729.49.96.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28218
38317
48317
58317
68317
78317
88317
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tājūrā’ gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12960110
22761120
32561140
42460160
52260180
62160190
72059210
81958230
91857250
101756270
111655290
121554310
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22640504
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25433558
26431569
273285910
283265912
292246014
302226016
312206018

Wind in May

Winds average 20 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 20 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 7:42 PM to 8:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:257:42
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313.36:237:44
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513.46:217:45
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1113.66:167:50
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1513.76:137:53
1613.76:127:53
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1813.76:117:55
1913.86:107:56
2013.86:107:56
2113.86:097:57
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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 6.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 7.6 kWh/m² in July across the year — May's 6.97 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tājūrā’

In seasonPeak

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

Tājūrā’ 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 Tājūrā’?

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

8.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Tājūrā’ for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Tājūrā’ in May

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

In May, Tājūrā’ sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 19°C. Pack sun protection.

sun protection

Sea temperature near Tājūrā’ in May

The nearest coast averages about 19°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 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 26 to Dec 11 — about 6.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan17Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr17Cool
May19Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct25Warm
Nov23Refreshing
Dec20Cool

UV index in Tājūrā’ in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Tājūrā’ peaks around June 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highModerateJun 19UV 11Jan 1UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar7High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep8Very high
Oct7High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Tājūrā’ 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 Tājūrā’ is worst in April — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateApr 938 µg/m³Aug 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan36Poor
Feb35Poor
Mar37Poor
Apr38Poor
May28Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tājūrā’?

Tājūrā’ sits at 32.9°N, 13.4°E, 6 m above sea level, in Libya. The nearest listed city is Tripoli, 15 km away.

Topography around Tājūrā’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tājūrā’ has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Tājūrā’ is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (49%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
112 m
80 km
695 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Tripoli 15 km · Qaşr Bin Ghashīr 27 km · Janzūr 32 km · As Sawānī 32 km · Qaşr al Qarabūllī 37 km · Al ‘Azīzīyah 50 km · Qarqūzah 50 km · Az Zahrā’ 50 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 Tājūrā’ (32.8817°, 13.3506°, elevation 6 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).