Climate averages 1991–2020
Makkah weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th 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 Makkah: daytime highs average 38.7°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 6th 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 Ta’if (64 km away). In May its highs average 31.8°C, 6.9°C cooler than Makkah, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Makkah ranks joint 3rd of 35 for the warmest May highs and 27th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Makkah is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 40.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.3 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
Makkah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 42 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 9.3 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 38.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 40.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 39.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 39.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 38.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 31.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 24 | 2.9 | 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 · 64 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MaySaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Jeddah in MaySaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Al Līth in MaySaudi Arabia · 150 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Rābigh in MaySaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 36.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al Bahah in MaySaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in MaySaudi Arabia · 303 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Bīshah in MaySaudi Arabia · 330 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 Makkah) is explained once on the Makkah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.