Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Buraymī weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Al Buraymī: daytime highs average 40.3°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Ain City (7 km away). In May its highs average 40.5°C, about as warm as Al Buraymī, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 12 cities listed in Oman, Al Buraymī ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 12 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 12 cities is 38.7°C; Al Buraymī is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 42.7°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
Al Buraymī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 9.7 | 1.5 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 13 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 40.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 42.7°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0.7 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| July | 43.1°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 13.513 h |
| August | 42.9°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 2.9 | 1.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 2.0 | 0.1 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 4.4 | 0.6 | 10.711 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
- Al Ain City in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 7 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Sohar in MayOman · 93 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Dubai in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 104 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 109 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Warīsān in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 109 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 109 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 27.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Fujairah in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 111 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 27.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Şaḩam in MayOman · 111 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.5°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 Al Buraymī) is explained once on the Al Buraymī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al Ain City lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.