Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakakah weather
in May.
A very 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 very hot month in Sakakah: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arar (137 km away). In May its highs average 33.7°C, about as warm as Sakakah, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sakakah ranks 24th of 35 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Sakakah is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays 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
Sakakah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 6.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 5.8 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May, selected | 34.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 39.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 40.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 37.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 9.6 | 1.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 7.2 | 1.5 | 10.310 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
- Arar in MaySaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Ha'il in MaySaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Qurayyat in MaySaudi Arabia · 313 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Tabuk in MaySaudi Arabia · 394 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Rukban in MayJordan · 398 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Najaf in MayIraq · 456 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Zarqa in MayJordan · 457 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Russeifa in MayJordan · 457 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 4.4 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 Sakakah) is explained once on the Sakakah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.