Al Mayādīn weather in May

In May, Al Mayādīn sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.4 wet days and about 13.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 36°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Al Mayādīn's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Mayādīn's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
1.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
4:19 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
25%
6th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Al Mayādīn is city in syria.

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 30°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical May day in Al Mayādīn reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 6°C warmer than April and about 5°C cooler than June.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 21 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
21
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.

Al Mayādīn weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan13° / 265.79.94.2
Feb16° / 204.310.75.8
Mar21° / 10°20411.77.8
Apr27° / 15°122.512.97.8
May33° / 20°71.413.84.4
Jun38° / 25°0014.31.2
Jul41° / 27°0014.10.0
Aug41° / 27°0013.30.1
Sep37° / 23°00.112.22.3
Oct30° / 18°91.511.16.3
Nov21° / 10°193.510.27.9
Dec15° / 244.79.75.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% 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 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17624
27624
37822
47822
57822
67822
77921
88020
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Al Mayādīn gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.4 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 9% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19451
29451
39451
49361
59361
69361
79271
89271
99271
109271
119271
129361
139361
149361
159361
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259820
269820
279820
289820
299820
309820
319820

Wind in May

Winds average 15 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:34 AM to 4:11 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.44:345:57
213.44:335:58
313.54:315:59
413.54:306:00
513.54:296:00
613.54:286:01
713.64:276:02
813.64:266:03
913.64:256:04
1013.74:256:05
1113.74:246:05
1213.74:236:06
1313.84:226:07
1413.84:216:08
1513.84:206:09
1613.84:196:09
1713.94:196:10
1813.94:186:11
1913.94:176:12
2013.94:176:13
2114.04:166:13
2214.04:156:14
2314.04:156:15
2414.04:146:16
2514.04:146:16
2614.14:136:17
2714.14:136:18
2814.14:126:18
2914.14:126:19
3014.14:116:20
3114.24:116:20

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 8.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.53 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
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47.2Intense
57.2Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Al Mayādīn

In seasonPeak

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

Al Mayādīn sees seasonal dust haze (April–June), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Apr
May
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Is May a good time to visit Al Mayādīn?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Al Mayādīn for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Al Mayādīn in May

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

In May, Al Mayādīn sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Al Mayādīn 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 Al Mayādīn peaks around June 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highVery highModerateJun 15UV 9Jan 13UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May7Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul6High
Aug9Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Al Mayādīn 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 Al Mayādīn is worst in July — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 29 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1955 µg/m³Nov 2030 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb35Moderate
Mar44Poor
Apr43Poor
May48Poor
Jun49Poor
Jul55Unhealthy
Aug52Poor
Sep42Poor
Oct37Poor
Nov29Moderate
Dec31Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al Mayādīn?

Al Mayādīn sits at 35.0°N, 40.5°E, 196 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Subaykhān, 23 km away.

Deir ez-ZorHajīnĀlbū KamālAl Qā’im‘Anat al Qadīmah‘AnahAr Raqqah

Topography around Al Mayādīn

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Mayādīn has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 190 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 337 m.

The land around Al Mayādīn is covered by cropland (43%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (55%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (88%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
64 m
80 km
337 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Subaykhān 23 km · Deir ez-Zor 45 km · Hajīn 50 km · Ālbū Kamāl 76 km · Al Qā’im 85 km · ‘Anat al Qadīmah 149 km · ‘Anah 158 km · Ar Raqqah 167 km

Syria travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / L
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2022
GDP per capita
$1,057
2022
Happiness
3.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2018
Homicide rate
2.1
per 100k, 2010
Road deaths
14.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 456
Religion
Muslim 87%Christian 10%Druze 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 Al Mayādīn (35.0198°, 40.4515°, elevation 196 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).