Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabt Alalayah weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Sabt Alalayah: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bahah (71 km away). In May its highs average 27.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Sabt Alalayah, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sabt Alalayah ranks 32nd of 35 for the warmest May highs and 32nd of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Sabt Alalayah is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 19 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
Sabt Alalayah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 32 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.511 h |
| March | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| May, selected | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 37 | 11.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 19 | 6.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 21 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 53 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 46 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 15 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.011 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
- Al Bahah in MaySaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Bariq in MaySaudi Arabia · 72 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Bīshah in MaySaudi Arabia · 82 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Abha in MaySaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in MaySaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Al Līth in MaySaudi Arabia · 188 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MaySaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Ta’if in MaySaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 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 Sabt Alalayah) is explained once on the Sabt Alalayah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.