Kidal Weather in May
Kidal in May
The short of it: Kidal in May averages a high of 42 °C (108 °F) and a low of 28 °C (82 °F), with 2.0 mm (0.08 in) of rain and about 13 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 42° · low 28° · rain 2.0 mm · daylight 13 h 0 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Kidal an average May high of 42°, a low of 28° and some 2.0 mm of rain. No month in Kidal runs warmer: highs about 42°. Rain is scarce, about 2.0 mm, the 6th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 0 min in mid-May, 27 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Kidal runs cooler than most and drier than most in May. Aguelhok, 127 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Kidal, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 6th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 3° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 15°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AguelhokKidal | 127 km NNW | 43° | 27° | 2.0 mm |
| TimiaouineOther | 226 km N | 41° | 26° | 1.0 mm |
| BouremGao | 249 km SW | 43° | 27° | 5.0 mm |
| GaoGao | 287 km SSW | 44° | 27° | 6.0 mm |
| MénakaMénaka | 300 km SSE | 43° | 29° | 5.0 mm |
| AnsongoGao | 324 km SSW | 42° | 26° | 6.0 mm |
| InékarMénaka | 332 km SE | 43° | 28° | 4.0 mm |
| AndéranboukanMénaka | 376 km SSE | 42° | 28° | 5.0 mm |