Climate averages 1991–2020
Abha weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Abha: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khamis Mushait (26 km away). In May its highs average 28.6°C, 3.4°C warmer than Abha, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Abha ranks 35th of 35 for the warmest May highs and 35th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Abha is 9.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 97 mm to 78 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
Abha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 21 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 19.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.512 h |
| March | 21.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 29 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 55 | 12.0 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 25.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 97 | 19.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 27.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 78 | 15.8 | 13.213 h |
| July | 26.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 76 | 14.6 | 13.113 h |
| August | 25.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 218 | 25.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 24.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 190 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 36 | 9.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 20.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 20 | 6.5 | 11.311 h |
| December | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 11 | 3.6 | 11.111 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
- Khamis Mushait in MaySaudi Arabia · 26 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Bariq in MaySaudi Arabia · 100 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Şabyā in MaySaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Jizan in MaySaudi Arabia · 148 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in MaySaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Najrān in MaySaudi Arabia · 190 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Bīshah in MaySaudi Arabia · 199 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Al Bahah in MaySaudi Arabia · 228 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 51 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 Abha) is explained once on the Abha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.