Inkhil weather in May

In May, Inkhil sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Inkhil's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Inkhil's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 1.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 42 min; 4:41 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 5th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Inkhil is Area in Syria.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical May day in Inkhil reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	28	13
11	28	13
12	28	14
13	28	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	29	14
17	29	14
18	29	14
19	29	14
20	29	15
21	29	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	30	15
25	30	15
26	30	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	15
30	31	15
31	31	16

How May really feels in Inkhil

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Inkhil 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 4°	42	7.5	10.1	4.1
Feb	15° / 5°	37	6.8	10.8	4.9
Mar	18° / 7°	27	5.4	11.7	6.9
Apr	23° / 10°	10	3.1	12.8	8.4
May	29° / 14°	5	1.5	13.7	7.5
Jun	32° / 17°	1	0.2	14.1	5.5
Jul	34° / 19°	0	0.1	14	4.2
Aug	34° / 19°	0	0.1	13.2	4.1
Sep	32° / 18°	1	0.4	12.2	5.4
Oct	28° / 15°	6	1.5	11.2	7.7
Nov	21° / 9°	17	3.8	10.3	7.8
Dec	15° / 5°	30	5.6	9.9	5.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% 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 10%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	82	82	84	84	84	85	86	86	88	88	88	90	90	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	95
Cloudier (%)	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	12	12	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Inkhil gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.5 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 5% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	6
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	4
18	4
19	4
20	4
21	4
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	95	94	94	93	92	91	89	88	87	86	85
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	85	15

Wind in May

Winds average 12 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
6	12	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
10	12	light breeze
11	12	light breeze
12	12	light breeze
13	12	light breeze
14	12	light breeze
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of May to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:54 AM to 4:33 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.0
Sunrise (AM)	4:54	4:53	4:52	4:51	4:50	4:49	4:48	4:47	4:46	4:46	4:45	4:44	4:43	4:42	4:42	4:41	4:40	4:39	4:39	4:38	4:38	4:37	4:36	4:36	4:35	4:35	4:34	4:34	4:34	4:33	4:33
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	4:54	6:11
2	13.3	4:53	6:12
3	13.3	4:52	6:13
4	13.4	4:51	6:14
5	13.4	4:50	6:14
6	13.4	4:49	6:15
7	13.5	4:48	6:16
8	13.5	4:47	6:17
9	13.5	4:46	6:17
10	13.5	4:46	6:18
11	13.6	4:45	6:19
12	13.6	4:44	6:20
13	13.6	4:43	6:20
14	13.6	4:42	6:21
15	13.7	4:42	6:22
16	13.7	4:41	6:23
17	13.7	4:40	6:23
18	13.7	4:39	6:24
19	13.8	4:39	6:25
20	13.8	4:38	6:26
21	13.8	4:38	6:26
22	13.8	4:37	6:27
23	13.9	4:36	6:28
24	13.9	4:36	6:28
25	13.9	4:35	6:29
26	13.9	4:35	6:30
27	13.9	4:34	6:30
28	13.9	4:34	6:31
29	14.0	4:34	6:32
30	14.0	4:33	6:32
31	14.0	4:33	6:33

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.73 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.46 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.0	Intense
2	7.0	Intense
3	7.1	Intense
4	7.1	Intense
5	7.1	Intense
6	7.2	Intense
7	7.2	Intense
8	7.2	Intense
9	7.2	Intense
10	7.3	Intense
11	7.3	Intense
12	7.3	Intense
13	7.4	Intense
14	7.4	Intense
15	7.4	Intense
16	7.5	Intense
17	7.5	Intense
18	7.6	Intense
19	7.6	Intense
20	7.6	Intense
21	7.7	Intense
22	7.7	Intense
23	7.7	Intense
24	7.8	Intense
25	7.8	Intense
26	7.8	Intense
27	7.8	Intense
28	7.8	Intense
29	7.8	Intense
30	7.9	Intense
31	7.9	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Inkhil?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

8.8

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Inkhil for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Inkhil in May

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

In May, Inkhil sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Inkhil 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 Inkhil peaks around June 22 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	7	9	11	11	11	9	7	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	7	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Inkhil 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 Inkhil is worst in April — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (July, 33 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	48	54	54	55	46	37	33	34	42	48	50	51
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	54	Poor
Apr	55	Unhealthy
May	46	Poor
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	50	Poor
Dec	51	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Inkhil?

Inkhil sits at 33.0°N, 36.1°E, 623 m above sea level, in Syria. The nearest listed city is Jāsim, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Inkhil

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Inkhil has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m around an average of 626 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 534 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,090 m.

The land around Inkhil is covered by cropland (80%) within 3 km, cropland (86%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

64 m

cropland 80%

16 km

534 m

cropland 86%

80 km

3,090 m

cropland 36%

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← April Inkhil year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Jāsim 7.0 km · Aş Şanamayn 8.0 km · Nawá 17 km · Shaykh Miskīn 21 km · Dā‘il 29 km · Al Qunayţirah 31 km · Ţafas 32 km · Al Ḩirāk 34 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

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 Inkhil (33.0181°, 36.1283°, elevation 623 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	28	13
11	28	13
12	28	14
13	28	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	29	14
17	29	14
18	29	14
19	29	14
20	29	15
21	29	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	30	15
25	30	15
26	30	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	15
30	31	15
31	31	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	6
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	4
18	4
19	4
20	4
21	4
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	85	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	28	13
11	28	13
12	28	14
13	28	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	29	14
17	29	14
18	29	14
19	29	14
20	29	15
21	29	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	30	15
25	30	15
26	30	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	15
30	31	15
31	31	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	6
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	4
18	4
19	4
20	4
21	4
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	85	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	12
2	26	12
3	26	12
4	27	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	13
8	27	13
9	27	13
10	28	13
11	28	13
12	28	14
13	28	14
14	28	14
15	28	14
16	29	14
17	29	14
18	29	14
19	29	14
20	29	15
21	29	15
22	30	15
23	30	15
24	30	15
25	30	15
26	30	15
27	30	15
28	30	15
29	30	15
30	31	15
31	31	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	85	15
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	93	7
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	8
2	8
3	8
4	7
5	7
6	7
7	7
8	6
9	6
10	6
11	6
12	5
13	5
14	5
15	5
16	5
17	4
18	4
19	4
20	4
21	4
22	3
23	3
24	3
25	3
26	3
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	97	3
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	95	5
22	94	6
23	94	6
24	93	7
25	92	8
26	91	9
27	89	11
28	88	12
29	87	13
30	86	14
31	85	15