Tabuk, Saudi Arabia climate

BWh Hot desert

Tabuk has a seasonal warm-temperate climate (Hot desert, Köppen BWh). The hottest month is August with an average daily high near 40°C, while the coldest is January averaging around 4°C at night. Precipitation totals about 51 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — July alone averages 33 mm while February barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ Summers

Very hot

Highs near 40°C in August.

About 147 days a year above 32 °C

❄️ Winters

Chilly

Lows near 4°C in January.

About 4 freezing nights a year

🌧️ Rain

Very dry

About 51 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in July

⛅ Sky & trend

Sunny

Clear skies most days.

+0.7 °C 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

Tabuk climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	18	21	25	31	35	38	39	40	37	33	25	20
Avg temp (°C)	11	14	17	23	27	30	32	32	29	25	18	13
Avg low (°C)	4	6	9	14	19	22	24	24	21	17	10	5
Precipitation (mm)	13	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	18	21	25	31	35	38
Avg temp (°C)	11	14	17	23	27	30
Avg low (°C)	4	6	9	14	19	22
Precipitation (mm)	13	0	0	0	0	0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	39	40	37	33	25	20
Avg temp (°C)	32	32	29	25	18	13
Avg low (°C)	24	24	21	17	10	5
Precipitation (mm)	33	0	0	0	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)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	—	0.0	—	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.0	0.2	3	10	20	24	25	25	23	16	0.8	0.0
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	2	0.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	—
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.0	0.2	3	10	20	24
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	2	0.8	—	—	—	—

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with measurable rain (days)	0.0	—	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	25	25	23	16	0.8	0.0
Days with low ≤ 0°C (days)	—	—	—	—	—	1

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	31	29	27	27	25	6	7	9	9	18	25	27
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	17	17	19	20	21	29	29	29	28	23	19	19
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	8	9	8	7	0.7	1	2	2	6	9	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	4	3	3	3	3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	1	2	3
Relative humidity (%)	50	42	33	25	21	19	20	21	23	29	42	49
Wind speed (m/s)	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.8	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.8	2.7

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	31	29	27	27	25	6
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	17	17	19	20	21	29
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	10	8	9	8	7	0.7
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	4	3	3	3	3	0.2
Relative humidity (%)	50	42	33	25	21	19
Wind speed (m/s)	2.7	2.9	2.9	3.0	2.9	2.8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	7	9	9	18	25	27
Clear days (≤ 30% cloud)	29	29	28	23	19	19
Partly cloudy days (30–70%)	1	2	2	6	9	8
Cloudy days (≥ 70%)	0.2	0.2	0.3	1	2	3
Relative humidity (%)	20	21	23	29	42	49
Wind speed (m/s)	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.8	2.7

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 26 years of daily observations at Tabuk, a weather station, about 6 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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