Warm in May
24°C average high
avg high · 15° at night
25°C+ on 4 in 10 days
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Sharm el-Sheikh weather in May
Is it warm? Yes. May in Sharm el-Sheikh is very hot: afternoons average 35°C and nights 24°C. Most days (80%) peak between 31°C and 40°C.
Very hot · average high
35°C
25°C or more on almost every day. 35°C or more on about six in ten days.
- Average low24°overnight
- Sea25°average, 2023–2025
- Rainy days01 mm in the month
- SkyMostly clear13% cloud · 83% clear days
How warm it really gets
Every May afternoon from 2011–2025: 465 days. Most (80%) peaked between 31° and 40°.
May, year by year
The average May high in each year. The warmest, 2021, averaged 38°C; the coolest, 2011, 34°C.
Compared with home
Average May highs. Rain is rare: less than one wet day in a typical month.
- Sharm el-Sheikh35°
- London17°
- Manchester16°
- Cork15°
- Dublin15°
- Glasgow15°
- Belfast14°
Other warm places in May
Flying times are estimates from Dublin; Sharm el-Sheikh is about 5h 45m.
Hot in May
28°C average high
avg high · 15° at night
25°C+ on 7 in 10 days
Warm in May
24°C average high
avg high · 16° at night
25°C+ on 4 in 10 days
Air: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2011–2025. Sea: Copernicus Marine analysis via Open-Meteo, 2023–2025. Rainy day = 2 mm or more. Clear day = average cloud cover of 30% or less. These are averages of past weather, not a forecast. Methodology