Ar Riyāḑ Weather in May
Ar Riyāḑ in May
The short of it: Ar Riyāḑ in May averages a high of 29 °C (84 °F) and a low of 17 °C (62 °F), with 3.0 mm (0.12 in) of rain and about 13 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and March. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 29° · low 17° · rain 3.0 mm · daylight 13 h 44 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & March
May in Ar Riyāḑ brings afternoons near 29° and nights around 17°, with about 3.0 mm of rain over the month. Highs rise 4° against April, to near 29°; nights run about 17°. Rain is scarce, about 3.0 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 44 min in mid-May, 50 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and March.
Against its neighbours, Ar Riyāḑ runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Kafr ash Shaykh, 14 km to the S, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Ar Riyāḑ, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kafr ash ShaykhKafr el-Sheikh | 14 km S | 30° | 16° | 3.0 mm |
| Sīdī SālimKafr el-Sheikh | 15 km WNW | 28° | 17° | 3.0 mm |
| Al ḨāmūlKafr el-Sheikh | 21 km ENE | 29° | 17° | 4.0 mm |
| QillīnKafr el-Sheikh | 23 km SSW | 29° | 16° | 2.0 mm |
| BiyalāKafr el-Sheikh | 27 km ESE | 30° | 17° | 3.0 mm |
| QuţūrGharbia | 30 km S | 30° | 16° | 2.0 mm |
| DisūqKafr el-Sheikh | 31 km WSW | 28° | 17° | 2.0 mm |
| ShubrākhītBeheira | 32 km SW | 29° | 16° | 2.0 mm |