Climate averages 1991–2020
Madinah weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Madinah: daytime highs average 38.7°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yanbu (163 km away). In May its highs average 33.6°C, 5.2°C cooler than Madinah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Madinah ranks joint 3rd of 35 for the warmest May highs and joint 18th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Madinah is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 41.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.9 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
Madinah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 38.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 41.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| August | 42.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 6.9 | 0.9 | 10.711 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
- Yanbu in MaySaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Rābigh in MaySaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Jeddah in MaySaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Makkah in MaySaudi Arabia · 339 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Ta’if in MaySaudi Arabia · 365 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MaySaudi Arabia · 384 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Ha'il in MaySaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Ar Rass in MaySaudi Arabia · 421 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 1.7 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 Madinah) is explained once on the Madinah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.