Cairo Weather in May
Cairo in May
The short of it: Cairo in May averages a high of 32 °C (90 °F) and a low of 18 °C (65 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 13 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 32° · low 18° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 13 h 39 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & March
Thirty years of records give Cairo an average May high of 32°, a low of 18° and some 1.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 32° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 39 min in mid-May, 47 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and March.
Against its neighbours, Cairo runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Būlāq Abū al ‘Ilā, 2 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
May in Cairo, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Būlāq Abū al ‘IlāCairo | 2 km W | 32° | 18° | 1.0 mm |
| Ḩadā’iq al QubbahCairo | 4 km NE | 32° | 18° | 1.0 mm |
| Madīnat an NaşrCairo | 5 km E | 33° | 18° | 1.0 mm |
| Shubrā al KhaymahQalyubia | 7 km N | 32° | 18° | 1.0 mm |
| GizaGiza | 7 km SW | 32° | 19° | 1.0 mm |
| Al KhuşūşQalyubia | 12 km NNE | 33° | 18° | 1.0 mm |
| AwsīmGiza | 13 km WNW | 32° | 18° | 1.0 mm |
| Abū an NumrusGiza | 13 km SSW | 33° | 18° | 1.0 mm |