Tabuk weather in May

In May, Tabuk sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 35°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Tabuk's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tabuk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:48 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover: 19%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 7.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Tabuk is place in Tabuk province, Saudi Arabia.

Founded: 1915

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 35°C by the end.

A typical May day in Tabuk reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 4°C warmer than April and about 3°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)	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20

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

How May really feels in Tabuk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 26 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.

Tabuk weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 4°	5	1.1	10.4	7.6
Feb	20° / 6°	2	0.5	11	8.5
Mar	24° / 10°	3	0.6	11.8	9.2
Apr	29° / 14°	1	0.6	12.7	7.3
May	33° / 18°	2	0.4	13.4	4.4
Jun	37° / 21°	0	0	13.8	2.4
Jul	38° / 23°	0	0	13.6	1.5
Aug	38° / 24°	0	0	13	1.4
Sep	36° / 21°	0	0	12.2	2.9
Oct	31° / 16°	1	0.4	11.3	6.1
Nov	24° / 10°	3	0.7	10.6	9.0
Dec	19° / 6°	1	0.4	10.2	8.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% 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 10%. 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 (%)	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95
Cloudier (%)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
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	95	5
31	95	5

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Tabuk gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 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 2% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
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 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
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12	11	calm
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15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
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27	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of May to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:59 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 7:21 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	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	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	13.6	13.6	13.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41
Sunset (PM)	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	5:59	7:03
2	13.1	5:58	7:04
3	13.1	5:57	7:04
4	13.1	5:56	7:05
5	13.2	5:55	7:05
6	13.2	5:55	7:06
7	13.2	5:54	7:07
8	13.2	5:53	7:07
9	13.3	5:52	7:08
10	13.3	5:52	7:09
11	13.3	5:51	7:09
12	13.3	5:50	7:10
13	13.3	5:50	7:10
14	13.4	5:49	7:11
15	13.4	5:48	7:12
16	13.4	5:48	7:12
17	13.4	5:47	7:13
18	13.4	5:47	7:13
19	13.5	5:46	7:14
20	13.5	5:46	7:15
21	13.5	5:45	7:15
22	13.5	5:45	7:16
23	13.5	5:44	7:16
24	13.6	5:44	7:17
25	13.6	5:43	7:18
26	13.6	5:43	7:18
27	13.6	5:43	7:19
28	13.6	5:42	7:19
29	13.6	5:42	7:20
30	13.6	5:42	7:20
31	13.7	5:41	7:21

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 7.93 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)	7.7	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	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1	8.1
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	7.7	Intense
2	7.7	Intense
3	7.7	Intense
4	7.7	Intense
5	7.8	Intense
6	7.8	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.8	Intense
9	7.8	Intense
10	7.8	Intense
11	7.9	Intense
12	7.9	Intense
13	7.9	Intense
14	7.9	Intense
15	8.0	Intense
16	8.0	Intense
17	8.0	Intense
18	8.0	Intense
19	8.0	Intense
20	8.0	Intense
21	8.0	Intense
22	8.0	Intense
23	8.1	Intense
24	8.1	Intense
25	8.1	Intense
26	8.1	Intense
27	8.1	Intense
28	8.1	Intense
29	8.1	Intense
30	8.1	Intense
31	8.1	Intense

Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Tabuk

In seasonPeak

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

Tabuk sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

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Nov

Dec

Is May a good time to visit Tabuk?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Tabuk for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tabuk in May

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

In May, Tabuk sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Tabuk in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tabuk peaks around August 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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	5	9	8	11	12	12	12	10	8	6	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Tabuk 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 Tabuk is worst in April — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 23 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)	23	28	34	44	41	36	32	34	35	28	28	27
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	44	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	36	Poor
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	35	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tabuk?

Tabuk sits at 28.4°N, 36.6°E, 768 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Duba, 145 km away.

Topography around Tabuk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tabuk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 764 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,322 m.

The land around Tabuk is covered by artificial surfaces (71%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

23 m

artificial surfaces 71%

16 km

116 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

1,322 m

bare terrain 97%

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

May weather nearby: Duba 145 km · Wadi Rum 173 km · Ḩaql 186 km · Aqaba 197 km · Dahab 203 km · Taymā’ 212 km · Ma'an 216 km · Sharm El Sheikh 226 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 Tabuk (28.3998°, 36.5715°, elevation 768 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	31	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	34	18
18	34	18
19	34	18
20	34	19
21	34	19
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	19
27	35	19
28	35	20
29	35	20
30	35	20
31	35	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
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	95	5
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
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	31	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	34	18
18	34	18
19	34	18
20	34	19
21	34	19
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	19
27	35	19
28	35	20
29	35	20
30	35	20
31	35	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
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	95	5
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
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	31	16
2	32	16
3	32	16
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	33	17
11	33	17
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	34	18
18	34	18
19	34	18
20	34	19
21	34	19
22	34	19
23	34	19
24	35	19
25	35	19
26	35	19
27	35	19
28	35	20
29	35	20
30	35	20
31	35	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
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	95	5
31	95	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
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