Climate averages 1991–2020
Qurayyat 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 Qurayyat: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 16.8°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 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Russeifa (144 km away). In May its highs average 29.5°C, 2.7°C cooler than Qurayyat, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Qurayyat ranks 29th 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; Qurayyat is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 35.7°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
Qurayyat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 8.0 | 2.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 6.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 32.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 37.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 37.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 5.7 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 10.210 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
- Russeifa in MayJordan · 144 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Zarqa in MayJordan · 145 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in MayJordan · 148 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Amman in MayJordan · 149 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Mādabā in MayJordan · 153 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Marj Al Hamam in MayJordan · 155 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in MayJordan · 160 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 4.0 mm rain
- As Salţ in MayJordan · 172 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 4.0 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 Qurayyat) is explained once on the Qurayyat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.