Sulţānah weather in May

In May, Sulţānah sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 37°C in the first days to 40°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% 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 Sulţānah's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sulţānah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:42 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
21%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Sulţānah 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 37°C in the first days to 40°C by the end.

A typical May day in Sulţānah reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 3°C cooler than June.

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How May really feels in Sulţānah

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
12 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.

Sulţānah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 11°9110.79.1
Feb27° / 13°20.511.18.7
Mar30° / 16°40.911.86.5
Apr35° / 20°51.512.63.6
May39° / 24°20.713.21.0
Jun42° / 26°0013.50.0
Jul42° / 27°00.113.40.0
Aug42° / 28°20.612.90.0
Sep41° / 26°00.112.20.1
Oct36° / 22°10.411.42.5
Nov30° / 17°61.210.86.5
Dec26° / 13°70.910.58.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1919
29010
39010
4919
5919
6919
7919
89010
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Sulţānah gets around 2 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 2% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19442
29442
39442
49442
59442
69541
79541
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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:52 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 7:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:526:46
212.95:516:46
312.95:506:47
413.05:506:47
513.05:496:48
613.05:486:48
713.05:486:49
813.05:476:49
913.15:466:50
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1113.15:456:51
1213.15:446:51
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1413.25:436:52
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2113.35:406:56
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2613.35:386:58
2713.35:386:59
2813.45:386:59
2913.45:387:00
3013.45:377:00
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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 7.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.61 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Sulţānah

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit Sulţānah?

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

1.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sulţānah.

What to pack for Sulţānah in May

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

In May, Sulţānah sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sulţānah in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sulţānah peaks around May 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateMay 21UV 12Dec 16UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr9Very high
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep10Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Sulţānah 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 Sulţānah is worst in April — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 29 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorApr 1051 µg/m³Oct 1629 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar50Poor
Apr51Poor
May42Poor
Jun35Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep34Moderate
Oct29Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec44Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Sulţānah?

Sulţānah sits at 24.5°N, 39.6°E, 597 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Medina, 4.0 km away.

YanbuMahd adh DhahabRābighUmlujThuwalKhulayş

Topography around Sulţānah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sulţānah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 606 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 535 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,011 m.

The land around Sulţānah is covered by artificial surfaces (69%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (71%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
535 m
80 km
2,011 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Medina 4.0 km · Badr Ḩunayn 113 km · Yanbu 161 km · Mahd adh Dhahab 172 km · Rābigh 197 km · Umluj 241 km · Thuwal 250 km · Khulayş 261 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 Sulţānah (24.4926°, 39.5857°, elevation 597 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).