Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shafā weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Ash Shafā: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (24 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, 4.7°C warmer than Ash Shafā, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ash Shafā ranks joint 33rd of 35 for the warmest May highs and 29th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Ash Shafā is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 6.4 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
Ash Shafā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 6.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 18.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 24 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 21 | 6.7 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 16 | 5.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 26 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 15 | 4.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 17.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 26 | 4.8 | 10.911 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
- Ta’if in MaySaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Makkah in MaySaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Al Līth in MaySaudi Arabia · 103 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Jeddah in MaySaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Al Bahah in MaySaudi Arabia · 168 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Rābigh in MaySaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in MaySaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Bīshah in MaySaudi Arabia · 266 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 3.1 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 Ash Shafā) is explained once on the Ash Shafā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.