Ad Dawādimī weather in May

In May, Ad Dawādimī sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Ad Dawādimī's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad Dawādimī's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:23 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
27%
9th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.8
out of 10

Ad Dawādimī is human settlement in Saudi Arabia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical May day in Ad Dawādimī reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Ad Dawādimī

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
4 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Ad Dawādimī weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 142.510.78.0
Feb23° / 11°61.311.18.9
Mar27° / 15°152.711.88.1
Apr32° / 19°183.912.64.9
May37° / 24°30.713.21.8
Jun40° / 27°0013.50.0
Jul41° / 27°0013.40.0
Aug41° / 28°0012.90.0
Sep39° / 25°0012.21.0
Oct33° / 20°20.411.44.6
Nov26° / 15°172.810.88.2
Dec22° / 11°91.810.58.5

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28119
38119
48119
58218
68218
78317
88317
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Ad Dawādimī gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19352
29352
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59541
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Wind in May

Winds average 16 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of May to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:33 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:336:27
212.95:326:27
312.95:316:28
413.05:306:28
513.05:306:29
613.05:296:29
713.05:286:30
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1113.15:266:32
1213.15:256:32
1313.15:256:33
1413.25:246:33
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2013.25:216:36
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.62 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Ad Dawādimī

In seasonPeak

In May, Ad Dawādimī sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ad Dawādimī sees seasonal dust haze (February–September), heaviest in May.

Dust
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May
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Is May a good time to visit Ad Dawādimī?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.8
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ad Dawādimī.

What to pack for Ad Dawādimī in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Ad Dawādimī sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ad Dawādimī in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ad Dawādimī peaks around July 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighJul 15UV 12Dec 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar8Very high
Apr9Very high
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec5Moderate

Air quality in Ad Dawādimī in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ad Dawādimī is worst in March — around 85 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 39 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyMar 1984 µg/m³Oct 939 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb71Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr77Unhealthy
May72Unhealthy
Jun48Poor
Jul47Poor
Aug45Poor
Sep39Poor
Oct39Poor
Nov52Poor
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ad Dawādimī?

Ad Dawādimī sits at 24.5°N, 44.4°E, 975 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Shaqra, 119 km away.

Al MithnabAfifAr RassAl Badā’i‘ al WusţáUnaizahAl Khabrā’Riyāḑ al Khabrā’

Topography around Ad Dawādimī

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ad Dawādimī.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad Dawādimī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 971 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 540 m.

The land around Ad Dawādimī is covered by bare terrain (58%) and artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, bare terrain (96%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
234 m
80 km
540 m
croplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Shaqra 119 km · Al Mithnab 151 km · Afif 164 km · Ar Rass 176 km · Al Badā’i‘ al Wusţá 177 km · Unaizah 181 km · Al Khabrā’ 190 km · Riyāḑ al Khabrā’ 193 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,537
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
35.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 404

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ad Dawādimī (24.5077°, 44.3924°, elevation 975 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).