Climate averages 1991–2020
Jizan weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Jizan: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 28.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Şabyā (30 km away). In May its highs average 35.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Jizan, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Jizan ranks 22nd of 35 for the warmest May highs and 22nd of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Jizan is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.8 mm to 1.3 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
Jizan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 10 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.5°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 9.9 | 1.1 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 34.6°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 2.8 | 0.4 | 12.913 h |
| June | 35.3°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 13.113 h |
| July | 35.6°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 13 | 1.2 | 13.013 h |
| August | 34.8°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 20 | 2.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.0°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 5.1 | 1.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.5°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 19 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.111 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
- Şabyā in MaySaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 28.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Abha in MaySaudi Arabia · 148 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in MaySaudi Arabia · 158 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Najrān in MaySaudi Arabia · 180 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.3 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in MayYemen · 202 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Bariq in MaySaudi Arabia · 236 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MayYemen · 237 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Sanaa in MayYemen · 246 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 41 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 Jizan) is explained once on the Jizan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.