Alaghsas weather in May

In May, Alaghsas sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Alaghsas's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alaghsas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
1st warmest
Overnight low
28°
11th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:00 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover
25%
4th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Alaghsas is village in Niger.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month.

A typical May day in Alaghsas reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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How May really feels in Alaghsas

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
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Alaghsas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 14°0011.18.1
Feb31° / 17°0011.46.1
Mar35° / 21°00.111.93.2
Apr39° / 25°10.212.40.6
May41° / 28°10.312.80.0
Jun41° / 28°31.1130.0
Jul39° / 27°195.212.90.7
Aug37° / 26°378.912.61.4
Sep39° / 26°51.712.10.8
Oct37° / 25°00.111.61.9
Nov33° / 20°0011.24.8
Dec29° / 15°00117.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% 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 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Alaghsas gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
197210
296310
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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 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of May to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:076:43
212.66:066:44
312.66:066:44
412.66:056:44
512.76:056:44
612.76:046:45
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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 7.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.47 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.52 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.6Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Alaghsas

In seasonPeak

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

Alaghsas sees seasonal dust haze (February–November), heaviest in June.

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

Is May a good time to visit Alaghsas?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Alaghsas.

What to pack for Alaghsas in May

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

In May, Alaghsas sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Alaghsas in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alaghsas peaks around August 24 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 24UV 12Dec 18UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Alaghsas 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 Alaghsas is worst in February — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (September, 44 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 1387 µg/m³Sep 1245 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb89Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May65Unhealthy
Jun66Unhealthy
Jul58Unhealthy
Aug48Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec79Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Alaghsas?

Alaghsas sits at 17.0°N, 8.0°E, 519 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Agadez, 6.0 km away.

ArlitTanoutAbalakTchin TabaradènDakoroMayahiTessaoua

Topography around Alaghsas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alaghsas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 516 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 767 m.

The land around Alaghsas is covered by bare terrain (76%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
183 m
80 km
767 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Agadez 6.0 km · Arlit 202 km · Tanout 246 km · Abalak 255 km · Tchin Tabaradèn 267 km · Dakoro 309 km · Mayahi 343 km · Tessaoua 363 km

Niger travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B / C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$775
2025
Happiness
4.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.4
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
25.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 96%ethnic religionist 4%Christian 0%agnostics and other 0%

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 Alaghsas (17.0187°, 8.0168°, elevation 519 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).