Samā’il Weather in May
Samā’il in May
The short of it: Samā’il in May averages a high of 38 °C (101 °F) and a low of 26 °C (79 °F), with 20 mm (0.79 in) of rain and about 13 h 15 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 38° · low 26° · rain 20 mm · daylight 13 h 15 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Samā’il an average May high of 38°, a low of 26° and some 20 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 38° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is modest, about 20 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 15 min in mid-May, 35 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates May 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Samā’il runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Sufālat Samā’il, 7 km to the ENE, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Samā’il, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 5° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 15 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sufālat Samā’ilAd Dakhiliyah | 7 km ENE | 39° | 27° | 18 mm |
| BidbidAd Dakhiliyah | 22 km NE | 39° | 28° | 17 mm |
| Barkā’Al Batinah South | 43 km N | 40° | 27° | 2.0 mm |
| Bayt al ‘AwābīAl Batinah South | 44 km W | 38° | 26° | 20 mm |
| IzkīAd Dakhiliyah | 45 km SSW | 38° | 26° | 18 mm |
| SeebMuscat | 48 km NNE | 39° | 28° | 2.0 mm |
| RustaqAl Batinah South | 55 km W | 39° | 27° | 19 mm |
| BawsharMuscat | 55 km NE | 39° | 28° | 6.0 mm |