Saudi Arabia
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Saudi Arabia
Official name: | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
Capital: | Riyadh |
Area: | total: 1,960,582 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 1,960,582 sq km |
Climate: | harsh, dry desert with great temperature extremes |
Location: | Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen |
Geographic coordinates: | 25 00 N, 45 00 E |
Comparative Area: | slightly more than one-fifth the size of the US |
Land boundaries: | total: 4,431 km border countries: Iraq 814 km, Jordan 744 km, Kuwait 222 km, Oman 676 km, Qatar 60 km, UAE 457 km, Yemen 1,458 km |
Coastline: | 2,640 km |
Terrain: | mostly uninhabited, sandy desert |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m highest point: Jabal Sawda' 3,133 m |
Map of Saudi Arabia