Climate averages 1991–2020
Hafar Al-Batin 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 Hafar Al-Batin: daytime highs average 38.5°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 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 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Aḩmadī (218 km away). In May its highs average 38.3°C, about as warm as Hafar Al-Batin, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Hafar Al-Batin ranks 6th of 35 for the warmest May highs and joint 13th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Hafar Al-Batin is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 42.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.6 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
Hafar Al-Batin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 22 | 3.5 | 10.611 h |
| February | 20.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| March | 25.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 17 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 38.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.514 h |
| June | 42.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 43.6°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 43.8°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 40.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 34.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 24.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 26 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| December | 18.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 21 | 3.7 | 10.410 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 Aḩmadī in MayKuwait · 218 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kuwait City in MayKuwait · 221 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Ḩawallī in MayKuwait · 224 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Umm Qaşr in MayIraq · 260 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in MaySaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Az Zubayr in MayIraq · 275 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Basrah in MayIraq · 290 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Abū al-Kahṣīb in MayIraq · 290 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 25.6°C · 4.3 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 Hafar Al-Batin) is explained once on the Hafar Al-Batin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.