Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Ain City weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Al Ain City: daytime highs average 40.5°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical May (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Buraymī (7 km away). In May its highs average 40.3°C, about as warm as Al Ain City, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Al Ain City ranks 2nd of 13 for the warmest May highs and joint 7th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 38.5°C; Al Ain City is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 42.9°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
Al Ain City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 9.7 | 1.5 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 6.6 | 1.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 30.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 13 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 40.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 42.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.7 | 0.4 | 13.614 h |
| July | 43.3°C29.0°C | 29.0°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 13.513 h |
| August | 43.0°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 2.9 | 1.2 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 2.0 | 0.1 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 4.4 | 0.6 | 10.711 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 Buraymī in MayOman · 7 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Sohar in MayOman · 98 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Dubai in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 109 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 112 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Warīsān in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 114 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Şaḩam in MayOman · 114 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Reef Al Fujairah City in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 117 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 27.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Fujairah in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 118 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 27.7°C · 1.1 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 Al Ain City) is explained once on the Al Ain City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al Buraymī lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.