The temperature in May is +91°F on average, with a range between a maximum of +104°F during the day and a minimum of +61°F at night.
The average maximum temperature goes up 29% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +88°F to +100°F.
Eilat is typically hot in May.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +86°F to +95°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +61°F to +68°F.
Make sure that you pack your summer linen and swimming costumes; it’s probably going to be hot.
Take a look at how May is compared to other months in Eilat:
April | May | June | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Avg. temperature | ||||||
+86°F | +95°F | +99°F | ||||
Min. temperature | ||||||
+45°F | +54°F | +59°F | ||||
Max. temperature | ||||||
+108°F | +113°F | +117°F | ||||
Rainfall | ||||||
2 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | ||||
Wind | ||||||
3 m/s | 3 m/s | 4 m/s | ||||
Humidity | ||||||
36% | 32% | 32% | ||||
Air pressure | ||||||
1011 HPa | 1009 HPa | 1007 HPa | ||||
Sunny days | ||||||
25 | 27 | 30 | ||||
Cloudy days | ||||||
5 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Rainy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Snowy days | ||||||
0 | 0 | 0 |
May typically has worse weather conditions compared to April. It’s getting warmer as May arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +86°F to +95°F during the day. As May arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 2 mm to 1 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 36% to 32%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during May, staying around 3 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in May, from 25 to 27.
June brings much the same weather, it remains good.
The average wind speed is 4 m/s getting up to 6 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Eilat is gradually increasing during May, going from 3 m/s to 6 m/s over the course of the month.
The climate in Eilat in May has not changed that much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1986 (+90°F) and the highest in 2021 (+101°F). The driest year was 1994 with only 0 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2022 with 0 mm.
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Eilat, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2022.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.