Climate averages 1991–2020
Tabuk weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tabuk: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqaba (197 km away). In May its highs average 34.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tabuk, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Tabuk ranks joint 25th of 35 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 35 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 35 cities is 34.8°C; Tabuk is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 36.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.5 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
Tabuk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 4.5 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 19.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.813 h |
| May, selected | 33.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 36.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 38.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 38.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 36.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 23.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 18.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 10.410 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
- Aqaba in MayJordan · 197 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Hurghada in MayEgypt · 300 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Qurayyat in MaySaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Beersheba in MayIsrael · 361 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Hebron in MayPalestinian Territory · 376 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Mādabā in MayJordan · 376 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in MayJordan · 392 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Rafaḩ in MayPalestinian Territory · 393 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 3.2 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 Tabuk) is explained once on the Tabuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.