Climate averages 1991–2020
Jeddah 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 Jeddah: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makkah (67 km away). In May its highs average 38.7°C, 5.0°C warmer than Jeddah, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah ranks joint 25th of 35 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Jeddah is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays 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
Jeddah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 24 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 27.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 3.7 | 0.5 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 33.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 34.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| July | 35.4°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 35.4°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 34.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 3.2 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 26 | 2.4 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 14 | 2.6 | 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
- Makkah in MaySaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MaySaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Ta’if in MaySaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Rābigh in MaySaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al Līth in MaySaudi Arabia · 187 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Al Bahah in MaySaudi Arabia · 289 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Port Sudan in MaySudan · 292 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Yanbu in MaySaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.1 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 Jeddah) is explained once on the Jeddah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.