Kas weather in May

In May, Kas sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 23 mm of rain across 5.2 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kas's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
5.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
7:02 AM – 7:36 PM
Cloud cover
37%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Kas is town in South Darfur, Sudan.

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 36°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kas reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Kas weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 14°0011.36.6
Feb32° / 17°0011.65.1
Mar35° / 20°10.111.93.6
Apr36° / 23°3112.32.5
May36° / 23°235.212.62.3
Jun34° / 22°6013.312.72.8
Jul30° / 21°16324.712.73.4
Aug29° / 20°17123.912.43.9
Sep31° / 20°7814.912.14.2
Oct33° / 20°173.811.74.2
Nov32° / 18°0011.45.2
Dec30° / 15°0011.36.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27822
37822
47822
57921
67921
77921
87921
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277129
287030
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307030
316931

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kas gets around 23 mm of rain over 5.2 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 16% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
19
210
310
410
510
611
711
811
911
1011
1111
1211
1312
1412
1512
1613
1714
1815
1916
2017
2118
2220
2321
2422
2523
2624
2725
2826
2927
3028
3129

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 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1821071
2811072
3801172
4801172
5781282
6771283
7771283
8771283
9771283
10771283
11771283
12761293
13761293
147512103
157312114
167212124
177112134
187012144
196912154
206712174
216512185
226312205
236212215
245912236
255713246
265513257
275214268
285015278
294815279
3046162810
3144172811

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 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 7:07 AM to 7:00 AM, and sunset from 7:33 PM to 7:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.47:077:33
212.47:067:33
312.57:067:34
412.57:067:34
512.57:057:34
612.57:057:34
712.57:057:34
812.57:047:35
912.57:047:35
1012.57:037:35
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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 7.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.02 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
27.4Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
77.3Intense
87.3Intense
97.2Intense
107.2Intense
117.2Intense
127.2Intense
137.2Intense
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157.1Intense
167.1Intense
177.1Intense
187.0Intense
197.0Intense
207.0Intense
216.9Intense
226.9Intense
236.9Intense
246.8Intense
256.8Intense
266.8Intense
276.7Intense
286.7Intense
296.7Intense
306.6Intense
316.6Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kas

In seasonPeak

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

Kas's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kas sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

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

Is May a good time to visit Kas?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kas.

What to pack for Kas in May

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

In May, Kas sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kas in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kas peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kas 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 Kas is worst in March — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (August, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 2053 µg/m³Aug 2220 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar54Poor
Apr48Poor
May38Poor
Jun34Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kas?

Kas sits at 12.5°N, 24.3°E, 944 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Nyala, 83 km away.

KabkābīyahSh'īarīahRahad al BardiTullusGereidaEl Fasher

Topography around Kas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 943 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,332 m.

The land around Kas is covered by grassland (57%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (82%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
281 m
80 km
2,332 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Nyala 83 km · Zalinjay 99 km · Kabkābīyah 129 km · Sh'īarīah 141 km · Rahad al Bardi 141 km · Tullus 160 km · Gereida 166 km · El Fasher 170 km

Sudan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / F / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 215% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,165
2025
Happiness
4.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate
5.1
per 100k, 2008
Road deaths
26.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 421

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 Kas (12.5097°, 24.2852°, elevation 944 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).