Climate averages 1991–2020
Rukban weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Rukban: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.3 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 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dūmā (215 km away). In May its highs average 28.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Rukban, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Jordan, Rukban ranks joint 2nd of 12 for the warmest May highs and 10th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 28.4°C; Rukban is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.3 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
Rukban climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 17 | 4.0 | 10.210 h |
| February | 13.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| March | 18.6°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 14 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 10 | 1.8 | 13.013 h |
| May, selected | 29.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 5.3 | 1.0 | 13.914 h |
| June | 33.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| July | 36.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| August | 36.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| September | 32.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.6 | 1.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 13 | 2.9 | 10.010 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
- Dūmā in MaySyria · 215 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 13.5°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Damascus in MaySyria · 225 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 12.3°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Dārayyā in MaySyria · 230 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Homs in MaySyria · 240 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 11 mm rain
- As Salamīyah in MaySyria · 242 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Al Qā’im in MayIraq · 243 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Dar‘ā in MaySyria · 255 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.4°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Qurayyat in MaySaudi Arabia · 255 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.6 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 Rukban) is explained once on the Rukban year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.