Climate · AlUla

AlUla in May

Very hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in AlUla is very hot: highs near 100°F, lows near 64°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.May in AlUla is very hot: highs near 38°C, lows near 18°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
100°F38°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 2% of days
Daylight
13h 27mon average

Is May a good time to visit AlUla?


May sits outside AlUla's best months, which run from December to March. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 100°F in May, against 72°F to 109°F through the year.Highs near 38°C in May, against 22°C to 43°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

2% of days in May, against 0% to 4% through the year.

Cloud cover

21% cover in May, against 6% to 28% through the year.

Daylight

13h 27m in May, against 10h 30m to 13h 47m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with May shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. April92°33°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. May100°38°low 64°low 18°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. June107°42°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where AlUla sits, in May

Asia/Riyadh

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:41 AMsets 7:07 PM
Above the sea
640 mupland
Latitude
26.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Umluj183 km south-west

The land around AlUla, shaded by its typical high in May, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Saudi Arabia in May

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest AlUla. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (640 m) against the climate model's (810 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (640 m) against the climate model's (810 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.