Sakakah weather in May

In May, Sakakah sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Sakakah's 6th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sakakah's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 34°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.3 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 5:30 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 6th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 7.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Sakakah is capital city of Al Jawf Province in northwestern Saudi Arabia, one of the oldest inhabited oasis sites in the Arabian Peninsula.

Density: 1,283/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~3 BCE

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sakakah reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	19
6	32	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	20
12	33	20
13	34	20
14	34	20
15	34	20
16	34	20
17	34	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	36	22
24	36	22
25	36	22
26	36	22
27	36	22
28	36	22
29	37	22
30	37	23
31	37	23

How May really feels in Sakakah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 28 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Sakakah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 4°	10	2.2	10.3	6.0
Feb	18° / 6°	6	1.3	10.9	7.6
Mar	23° / 10°	6	1.1	11.8	8.9
Apr	29° / 15°	3	0.8	12.7	7.4
May	34° / 20°	1	0.3	13.5	3.9
Jun	38° / 24°	0	0	13.9	1.1
Jul	40° / 26°	0	0	13.7	0.0
Aug	41° / 26°	0	0	13.1	0.0
Sep	38° / 23°	0	0	12.2	1.6
Oct	32° / 18°	1	0.3	11.3	5.7
Nov	23° / 11°	10	1.6	10.5	8.5
Dec	17° / 6°	7	1.5	10.1	7.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	84	84	84	85	85	86	87	88	88	89	90	90	90	92	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	95
Cloudier (%)	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	86	14
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sakakah gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in May

Winds average 14 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 7:10 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.6	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.8	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:27	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:23
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	5:42	6:51
2	13.2	5:41	6:51
3	13.2	5:40	6:52
4	13.2	5:39	6:53
5	13.2	5:39	6:53
6	13.3	5:38	6:54
7	13.3	5:37	6:55
8	13.3	5:36	6:55
9	13.3	5:35	6:56
10	13.4	5:34	6:57
11	13.4	5:34	6:57
12	13.4	5:33	6:58
13	13.4	5:32	6:59
14	13.5	5:32	6:59
15	13.5	5:31	7:00
16	13.5	5:30	7:01
17	13.5	5:30	7:01
18	13.5	5:29	7:02
19	13.6	5:29	7:02
20	13.6	5:28	7:03
21	13.6	5:27	7:04
22	13.6	5:27	7:04
23	13.6	5:26	7:05
24	13.7	5:26	7:06
25	13.7	5:26	7:06
26	13.7	5:25	7:07
27	13.7	5:25	7:07
28	13.7	5:24	7:08
29	13.7	5:24	7:09
30	13.8	5:24	7:09
31	13.8	5:23	7:10

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.59 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.84 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.6	Intense
2	7.6	Intense
3	7.6	Intense
4	7.7	Intense
5	7.7	Intense
6	7.7	Intense
7	7.7	Intense
8	7.7	Intense
9	7.7	Intense
10	7.8	Intense
11	7.8	Intense
12	7.8	Intense
13	7.8	Intense
14	7.8	Intense
15	7.8	Intense
16	7.9	Intense
17	7.9	Intense
18	7.9	Intense
19	7.9	Intense
20	7.9	Intense
21	7.9	Intense
22	8.0	Intense
23	8.0	Intense
24	8.0	Intense
25	8.0	Intense
26	8.0	Intense
27	8.0	Intense
28	8.0	Intense
29	8.0	Intense
30	8.0	Intense
31	8.0	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sakakah

In seasonPeak

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

Sakakah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Sakakah?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

7.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sakakah. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sakakah in May

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

In May, Sakakah sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Sakakah in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sakakah peaks around July 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 4 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	6	7	7	8	11	12	11	10	7	5	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	6	High
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	7	High
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	5	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Sakakah 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 Sakakah is worst in May — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 47 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	51	57	75	75	76	63	57	55	54	59	49	47
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	51	Poor
Feb	57	Unhealthy
Mar	75	Unhealthy
Apr	75	Unhealthy
May	76	Unhealthy
Jun	63	Unhealthy
Jul	57	Unhealthy
Aug	55	Poor
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	59	Unhealthy
Nov	49	Poor
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Sakakah?

Sakakah sits at 30.0°N, 40.2°E, 555 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Arar, 137 km away.

Topography around Sakakah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sakakah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 559 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 266 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m.

The land around Sakakah is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and bare terrain (40%) within 3 km, bare terrain (89%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

100 m

artificial surfaces 54%

16 km

266 m

bare terrain 89%

80 km

298 m

bare terrain 99%

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← April Sakakah year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Arar 137 km · Ţubarjal 200 km · Ţurayf 240 km · Turaif 240 km · Taymā’ 307 km · Ha'il 308 km · Baq‘ā’ 313 km · Qurayyat 313 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 Sakakah (29.9697°, 40.2064°, elevation 555 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	19
6	32	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	20
12	33	20
13	34	20
14	34	20
15	34	20
16	34	20
17	34	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	36	22
24	36	22
25	36	22
26	36	22
27	36	22
28	36	22
29	37	22
30	37	23
31	37	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	86	14
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	19
6	32	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	20
12	33	20
13	34	20
14	34	20
15	34	20
16	34	20
17	34	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	36	22
24	36	22
25	36	22
26	36	22
27	36	22
28	36	22
29	37	22
30	37	23
31	37	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	86	14
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	18
2	32	18
3	32	18
4	32	18
5	32	19
6	32	19
7	33	19
8	33	19
9	33	19
10	33	19
11	33	20
12	33	20
13	34	20
14	34	20
15	34	20
16	34	20
17	34	21
18	35	21
19	35	21
20	35	21
21	35	21
22	35	21
23	36	22
24	36	22
25	36	22
26	36	22
27	36	22
28	36	22
29	37	22
30	37	23
31	37	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	83	17
2	83	17
3	83	17
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	86	14
15	87	13
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	89	11
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	94	6
30	94	6
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100