Madinah, Saudi Arabia climate

BWh Hot desert

Madinah has a seasonal tropical climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is August with an average daily high near 111°F, while the coldest is January averaging around 53°F at night. Precipitation totals about 4 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — March alone averages 0.6 inches while June barely receives 0.00 inches.

☀️ Summers

Extreme heat

Highs near 111°F in August.

About 202 days a year above 90 °F

❄️ Winters

Mild

Lows near 53°F in January.

🌧️ Rain

Very dry

About 4 in of rain a year.

Wettest in March

⛅ Sky & trend

Sunny

Clear skies most days.

+1.3 °F vs 50 years ago

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Clear vs cloudy days

Share of days each month that are clear, partly cloudy or cloudy · 1991–2020 · hover a month for the day counts

Madinah climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	76	81	87	96	104	110	109	111	108	99	87	79
Avg temp (°F)	65	69	75	83	91	97	97	99	96	87	76	68
Avg low (°F)	53	57	62	71	78	84	85	87	83	74	64	57
Precipitation (in)	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	76	81	87	96	104	110
Avg temp (°F)	65	69	75	83	91	97
Avg low (°F)	53	57	62	71	78	84
Precipitation (in)	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	109	111	108	99	87	79
Avg temp (°F)	97	99	96	87	76	68
Avg low (°F)	85	87	83	74	64	57
Precipitation (in)	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.5

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.9	—	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.8	0.6
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	0.2	2	11	23	26	25	26	27	25	25	11	0.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.6	0.2	0.5	0.5	0.9	—
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	0.2	2	11	23	26	25

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.1	0.4	0.2	0.8	0.8	0.6
Days with high ≥ 90°F (days)	26	27	25	25	11	0.2

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	33	31	32	36	39	23	30	36	33	25	28	28
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	17	17	19	15	14	21	19	15	16	21	19	20
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	8	9	10	12	7	9	12	12	8	9	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	4	3	4	4	5	1	3	4	3	2	2	3
Relative humidity (%)	41	35	27	23	18	13	17	18	15	21	35	42
Wind speed (mph)	7.3	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.4	7.9	8.6	7.8	6.9	6.5	7.4	7.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	33	31	32	36	39	23
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	17	17	19	15	14	21
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	8	9	10	12	7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	4	3	4	4	5	1
Relative humidity (%)	41	35	27	23	18	13
Wind speed (mph)	7.3	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.4	7.9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	30	36	33	25	28	28
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	19	15	16	21	19	20
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	9	12	12	8	9	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	3	4	3	2	2	3
Relative humidity (%)	17	18	15	21	35	42
Wind speed (mph)	8.6	7.8	6.9	6.5	7.4	7.4

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 27 years of daily observations at Al-madinah, a weather station, about 13 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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