Climate averages 1991–2020
Amman weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Amman: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khuraybat as Sūq (9 km away). In May its highs average 27.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Amman, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Amman ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest May highs and joint 6th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 28.4°C; Amman is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.4 mm to 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
Amman climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 42 | 7.1 | 10.310 h |
| February | 14.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 10 | 2.8 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 28.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 33.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 5.9 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 16 | 3.8 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 27 | 5.1 | 10.110 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
- Khuraybat as Sūq in MayJordan · 9 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Marj Al Hamam in MayJordan · 11 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Russeifa in MayJordan · 12 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in MayJordan · 12 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Zarqa in MayJordan · 19 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 4.4 mm rain
- As Salţ in MayJordan · 23 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Mādabā in MayJordan · 30 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Irbid in MayJordan · 67 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 8.2 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 Amman) is explained once on the Amman year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Zarqa, Russeifa and Khuraybat as Sūq lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.