Dukhān Weather in May
Dukhān in May
The short of it: Dukhān in May averages a high of 38 °C (100 °F) and a low of 26 °C (78 °F), with 1.0 mm (0.04 in) of rain and about 13 h 22 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 38° · low 26° · rain 1.0 mm · daylight 13 h 22 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & December
Thirty years of records give Dukhān an average May high of 38°, a low of 26° and some 1.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 38° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Rain is scarce, about 1.0 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 22 min in mid-May, 39 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 February and December.
Against its neighbours, Dukhān runs cooler than most and wetter than most in May. Umm Bāb, 24 km to the S, is 1° warmer by day.
May in Dukhān, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 6° warmer, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 22 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umm BābBaladiyat ar Rayyan | 24 km S | 39° | 26° | 2.0 mm |
| Al JumaylīyahAl-Shahaniya | 37 km NE | 38° | 25° | 1.0 mm |
| Umm GhuwaylīnahAl-Shahaniya | 41 km ENE | 39° | 25° | 1.0 mm |
| Ash ShīḩānīyahAl-Shahaniya | 45 km E | 39° | 26° | 1.0 mm |
| Umm Şalāl ‘AlīUmm Salal | 62 km E | 39° | 26° | 1.0 mm |
| Umm Şalāl MuḩammadUmm Salal | 63 km E | 39° | 26° | 1.0 mm |
| Mu‘aydhir Rawḑat RāshidBaladiyat ar Rayyan | 64 km ESE | 39° | 26° | 1.0 mm |
| Al GhuwayrīyahAl Khor | 65 km NE | 38° | 25° | 1.0 mm |