Climate averages 1991–2020
Irbid weather
in May.
A warm, 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 warm month in Irbid: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Ramthā (15 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Irbid, with 7.6 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Irbid ranks joint 7th of 12 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 28.4°C; Irbid is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.2 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
Irbid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 56 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 14.5°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 57 | 8.5 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 40 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.0°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 18 | 3.8 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 27.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 8.2 | 1.9 | 13.814 h |
| June | 30.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| July | 32.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 8.7 | 2.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 25 | 4.9 | 10.511 h |
| December | 15.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 6.5 | 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
- Ar Ramthā in MayJordan · 15 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Dar‘ā in MaySyria · 25 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Nazareth in MayIsrael · 54 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Zarqa in MayJordan · 58 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 4.4 mm rain
- As Salţ in MayJordan · 59 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Russeifa in MayJordan · 63 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in MayJordan · 67 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Nablus in MayPalestinian Territory · 67 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 12 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 Irbid) is explained once on the Irbid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.