Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Hufūf weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Al Hufūf: daytime highs average 40.6°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khobar (119 km away). In May its highs average 36.6°C, 4.0°C cooler than Al Hufūf, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Hufūf ranks 1st of 35 for the warmest May highs and joint 8th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Al Hufūf is 5.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 43.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.0 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
Al Hufūf climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 13 | 2.7 | 10.711 h |
| February | 23.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 13 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 13 | 2.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 40.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 43.7°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 44.8°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 44.5°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 41.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 7.3 | 1.3 | 10.911 h |
| December | 22.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 15 | 2.5 | 10.611 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
- Khobar in MaySaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in MayBahrain · 124 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in MayBahrain · 129 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Dammam in MaySaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Manama in MayBahrain · 139 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Qaţīf in MaySaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in MayBahrain · 143 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Jubayl in MaySaudi Arabia · 184 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 1.0 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 Hufūf) is explained once on the Al Hufūf year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.