Petra Weather in May
Petra in May
The short of it: Petra in May averages a high of 24 °C (74 °F) and a low of 12 °C (54 °F), with 30 mm (1.2 in) of rain and about 14 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 12° · rain 30 mm · daylight 14 h 20 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & June
May in Petra brings afternoons near 24° and nights around 12°, with about 30 mm of rain over the month. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 4° from April to about 24°, with nights near 12°. Rain is modest, about 30 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 14 h 20 min in mid-May, 68 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Petra runs cooler than most and about as wet in May. Sineu, 9 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
May in Petra, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- 4° warmer, 20 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 14 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SineuBalearic Islands | 9 km WNW | 24° | 12° | 30 mm |
| ManacorBalearic Islands | 10 km ESE | 24° | 13° | 31 mm |
| Santa MargalidaBalearic Islands | 10 km N | 24° | 13° | 31 mm |
| MontuïriBalearic Islands | 12 km WSW | 24° | 12° | 28 mm |
| PorreresBalearic Islands | 14 km SW | 24° | 12° | 28 mm |
| MuroBalearic Islands | 15 km NNW | 24° | 13° | 33 mm |
| FelanitxBalearic Islands | 16 km S | 24° | 12° | 29 mm |
| Can PicafortBalearic Islands | 17 km NNE | 24° | 13° | 32 mm |