Climate averages 1991–2020
Khalifah A City weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Khalifah A City: daytime highs average 39.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°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 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mohammed Bin Zayed City (10 km away). In May its highs average 41.0°C, 1.8°C warmer than Khalifah A City, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 13 cities listed in the United Arab Emirates, Khalifah A City ranks joint 4th of 13 for the warmest May highs and joint 4th of 13 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 13 cities is 38.5°C; Khalifah A City is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 41.1°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
Khalifah A City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 9.1 | 1.6 | 10.811 h |
| February | 25.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.0 | 1.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 13 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 3.9 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| May, selected | 39.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| June | 41.1°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 42.1°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 1.2 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| August | 42.6°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.1°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.8 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 26.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 4.9 | 1.0 | 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
- Mohammed Bin Zayed City in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 10 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Musaffah in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 14 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Abu Dhabi in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 21 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Jebel Ali in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 82 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Dubai in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 102 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Warīsān in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 116 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Ain City in MayUnited Arab Emirates · 120 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 25.1°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Buraymī in MayOman · 122 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.5 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 Khalifah A City) is explained once on the Khalifah A City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Abu Dhabi lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.