Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Bahah weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al Bahah: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabt Alalayah (71 km away). In January its highs average 19.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Al Bahah, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Bahah ranks 28th of 35 for the warmest January highs and joint 33rd of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Al Bahah is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Al Bahah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 42 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| February | 19.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 22 | 3.6 | 11.511 h |
| March | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 35 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 42 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 51 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 31 | 9.2 | 13.313 h |
| July | 28.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 37 | 9.7 | 13.213 h |
| August | 27.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 148 | 20.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 27.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 130 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 38 | 10.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 17 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| December | 19.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 21 | 3.9 | 10.911 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Sabt Alalayah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Bīshah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Al Līth in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Bariq in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 168 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Ta’if in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 178 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Abha in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 228 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Makkah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 42 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al Bahah) is explained once on the Al Bahah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.