Climate averages 1991–2020
Madīnat Ḩamad weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Madīnat Ḩamad: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rifā‘ (5 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Madīnat Ḩamad, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 4 cities listed in Bahrain, Madīnat Ḩamad ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 4 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 4 cities is 30.7°C; Madīnat Ḩamad is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Madīnat Ḩamad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 14 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 19.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 10 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 30.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.8°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 35.2°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 35.4°C31.3°C | 31.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 34.1°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.9°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 9.6 | 1.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 14 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Ar Rifā‘ in MayBahrain · 5 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Manama in MayBahrain · 15 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in MayBahrain · 19 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Khobar in MaySaudi Arabia · 35 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Dammam in MaySaudi Arabia · 54 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Qaţīf in MaySaudi Arabia · 70 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Hufūf in MaySaudi Arabia · 124 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Lusail in MayQatar · 127 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Madīnat Ḩamad) is explained once on the Madīnat Ḩamad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.