Amman Weather in May
Amman in May
The short of it: Amman in May averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 6.0 mm (0.24 in) of rain and about 13 h 46 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and October. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 15° · rain 6.0 mm · daylight 13 h 46 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: April & October
Thirty years of records give Amman an average May high of 27°, a low of 15° and some 6.0 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against April, to near 27°; nights run about 15°. Rain is scarce, about 6.0 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 46 min in mid-May, 51 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates May 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and October.
Against its neighbours, Amman runs about middling and wetter than most in May. Ḩayy al Quwaysimah, 5 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
May in Amman, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 46 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ḩayy al QuwaysimahAmman | 5 km S | 27° | 14° | 6.0 mm |
| Al JubayhahAmman | 8 km NW | 27° | 14° | 6.0 mm |
| Khuraybat as SūqAmman | 9 km SSW | 27° | 14° | 6.0 mm |
| Ḩayy KhildāAmman | 11 km WNW | 26° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| Marj Al HamamAmman | 11 km WSW | 27° | 14° | 6.0 mm |
| SaḩābAmman | 11 km SSE | 29° | 15° | 5.0 mm |
| Umm as SummāqAmman | 12 km SW | 27° | 14° | 6.0 mm |
| RusseifaZarqa | 12 km NE | 29° | 16° | 4.0 mm |