Climate averages 1991–2020
Arar 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 Arar: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 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 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakakah (137 km away). In May its highs average 34.0°C, about as warm as Arar, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Arar ranks joint 25th of 35 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Arar is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 37.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.1 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
Arar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 8.4 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 6.5 | 1.5 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 33.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 37.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 39.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 40.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 36.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.210 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
- Sakakah in MaySaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Najaf in MayIraq · 335 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Karbala in MayIraq · 336 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Rukban in MayJordan · 340 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Kufa in MayIraq · 344 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Ramadi in MayIraq · 346 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in MayIraq · 348 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Qurayyat in MaySaudi Arabia · 354 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 Arar) is explained once on the Arar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.