Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qaţīf weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Al Qaţīf: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 40 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dammam (17 km away). In January its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Al Qaţīf, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Qaţīf ranks joint 18th of 35 for the warmest January highs and joint 22nd of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Al Qaţīf is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 12 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 Qaţīf climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 19 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 12 | 1.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 38.5°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 39.8°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 39.7°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.8°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 18 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 21.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 20 | 3.1 | 10.511 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
- Dammam in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 17 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Khobar in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 37 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Jubayl in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 63 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Manama in JanuaryBahrain · 69 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in JanuaryBahrain · 69 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in JanuaryBahrain · 70 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in JanuaryBahrain · 73 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Hufūf in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.9°C · 13 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 Qaţīf) is explained once on the Al Qaţīf year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Dammam lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.