Climate averages 1991–2020
Şabyā weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Şabyā: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 28.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 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 Jizan (30 km away). In May its highs average 34.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Şabyā, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Şabyā ranks 18th of 35 for the warmest May highs and 28th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Şabyā is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 3.0 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
Şabyā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.513 h |
| May, selected | 35.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 11 | 3.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 36.4°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 3.0 | 1.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 36.7°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 35.6°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 42 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.7°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 28 | 5.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.0°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 15 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 3.3 | 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
- Jizan in MaySaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Abha in MaySaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in MaySaudi Arabia · 128 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Najrān in MaySaudi Arabia · 164 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Bariq in MaySaudi Arabia · 211 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 31 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in MayYemen · 217 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Sanaa in MayYemen · 261 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in MayYemen · 264 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.5°C · 6.0 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 Şabyā) is explained once on the Şabyā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.