Ālbū Kamāl weather in May

In May, Ālbū Kamāl sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.1 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 31°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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ālbū Kamāl's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ālbū Kamāl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
8th coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1.1 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
4:19 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
24%
6th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
7.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Ālbū Kamāl is town in Deir ez-Zor, 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 31°C in the first days to 36°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ālbū Kamāl reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°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 Ālbū Kamāl

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 23 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
23
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.

Ālbū Kamāl 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
Jan14° / 255.4104.6
Feb17° / 183.910.76.2
Mar22° / 10°183.711.78.0
Apr28° / 15°112.112.87.6
May34° / 21°51.113.84.2
Jun39° / 25°0014.31.0
Jul41° / 28°0014.10.0
Aug41° / 27°0013.30.0
Sep37° / 24°0012.22.1
Oct31° / 18°91.411.16.1
Nov22° / 11°163.210.28.0
Dec15° / 193.79.75.6

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 11% 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 (%)
17822
27822
37822
47822
57921
67921
78020
88119
98119
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ālbū Kamāl gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.1 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. 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 (%)
19442
29442
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59352
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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 15 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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of May to 14 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:33 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 5:54 PM to 6:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.44:335:54
213.44:325:55
313.44:315:56
413.54:295:57
513.54:285:58
613.54:275:58
713.54:275:59
813.64:266:00
913.64:256:01
1013.64:246:02
1113.74:236:02
1213.74:226:03
1313.74:216:04
1413.74:206:05
1513.84:206:06
1613.84:196:06
1713.84:186:07
1813.84:176:08
1913.94:176:09
2013.94:166:09
2113.94:156:10
2213.94:156:11
2314.04:146:12
2414.04:146:12
2514.04:136:13
2614.04:126:14
2714.04:126:14
2814.14:126:15
2914.14:116:16
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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 7.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.74 kWh/m² to a high of 8.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.54 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
27.2Intense
37.2Intense
47.2Intense
57.2Intense
67.3Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ālbū Kamāl

In seasonPeak

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

Ālbū Kamāl sees seasonal dust haze (March–August), heaviest in May.

Dust
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May
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Oct
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Is May a good time to visit Ālbū Kamāl?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ālbū Kamāl in May

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

In May, Ālbū Kamāl sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ālbū Kamāl in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ālbū Kamāl peaks around June 18 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 13 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 highHighModerateJun 18UV 10Jan 13UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun10Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Ālbū Kamāl 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 Ālbū Kamāl is worst in July — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 34 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorPoorJul 1769 µg/m³Nov 1934 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb42Poor
Mar55Poor
Apr53Poor
May62Unhealthy
Jun62Unhealthy
Jul70Unhealthy
Aug63Unhealthy
Sep49Poor
Oct43Poor
Nov34Moderate
Dec37Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ālbū Kamāl?

Ālbū Kamāl sits at 34.5°N, 40.9°E, 178 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Al Qā’im, 9.0 km away.

SubaykhānAl Mayādīn‘Anat al Qadīmah‘AnahDeir ez-ZorḨadīthah

Topography around Ālbū Kamāl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ālbū Kamāl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 177 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m.

The land around Ālbū Kamāl is covered by bare terrain (36%), cropland (30%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, bare terrain (76%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
101 m
80 km
376 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Al Qā’im 9.0 km · Hajīn 28 km · Subaykhān 53 km · Al Mayādīn 76 km · ‘Anat al Qadīmah 94 km · ‘Anah 98 km · Deir ez-Zor 121 km · Ḩadīthah 139 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 Ālbū Kamāl (34.4523°, 40.9185°, elevation 178 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).