Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Jubayl weather
in May.
A very 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 very hot month in Al Jubayl: daytime highs average 36.8°C and nights cool to about 25.2°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 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qaţīf (63 km away). In May its highs average 35.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Al Jubayl, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Jubayl ranks 12th 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 Jubayl is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 40.1°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 Jubayl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 22 | 3.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 21.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 12 | 2.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 13 | 2.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 5.3 | 1.2 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 36.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 1.0 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 40.1°C28.6°C | 28.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 41.4°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 41.2°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 38.9°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 34.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| November | 27.1°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 21 | 2.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 21.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 22 | 3.3 | 10.510 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 Qaţīf in MaySaudi Arabia · 63 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Dammam in MaySaudi Arabia · 81 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Khobar in MaySaudi Arabia · 101 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in MayBahrain · 130 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Manama in MayBahrain · 130 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in MayBahrain · 133 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in MayBahrain · 135 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Hufūf in MaySaudi Arabia · 184 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 24.7°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 Jubayl) is explained once on the Al Jubayl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.