Mellit weather in May

In May, Mellit sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 77% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mellit's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mellit's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:54 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover
25%
8th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.6
out of 10

Mellit is city in North 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 Mellit reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C warmer than April and on par with June.

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

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.

Mellit 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
Jan26° / 10°0011.38.9
Feb29° / 13°0011.57.5
Mar32° / 16°0011.95.3
Apr35° / 20°00.112.33.5
May36° / 22°41.212.62.6
Jun36° / 23°72.512.82.5
Jul33° / 22°6411.612.83.3
Aug31° / 21°10216.312.53.9
Sep34° / 22°194.612.13.6
Oct33° / 21°30.811.74.5
Nov30° / 15°0011.37.1
Dec27° / 11°0011.28.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

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

Any precipitation

Mellit gets around 4 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 3% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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31
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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 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198110
298110
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698110
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1097210
1197210
1295320
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27831061
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29821161
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Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 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 7:00 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 7:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.57:007:30
212.57:007:30
312.56:597:30
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512.56:587:31
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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 7.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.92 kWh/m² to a high of 7.8 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.56 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.8Intense
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47.8Intense
57.7Intense
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317.3Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Mellit

In seasonPeak

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

Mellit sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in May.

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

Is May a good time to visit Mellit?

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

2.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mellit. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mellit in May

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

In May, Mellit sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mellit in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mellit peaks around April 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 12UV 13Dec 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Mellit 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 Mellit is worst in March — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.7× the cleanest month (August, 27 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1671 µg/m³Aug 2027 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar72Unhealthy
Apr59Unhealthy
May51Poor
Jun39Poor
Jul36Poor
Aug27Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct45Poor
Nov38Poor
Dec46Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mellit?

Mellit sits at 14.1°N, 25.6°E, 909 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is El Fasher, 60 km away.

KabkābīyahSh'īarīahKasNyalaZalinjayGhubaysh

Topography around Mellit

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mellit has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 919 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,103 m.

The land around Mellit is covered by bare terrain (59%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) and bare terrain (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) and bare terrain (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
340 m
80 km
1,103 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: El Fasher 60 km · Kutum 96 km · Kabkābīyah 167 km · Sh'īarīah 188 km · Kas 227 km · Nyala 243 km · Zalinjay 263 km · Ghubaysh 294 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 Mellit (14.1333°, 25.55°, elevation 909 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).