Climate averages 1991–2020
Arar weather
in January.
A cool, very dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Arar: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakakah (137 km away). In January its highs average 14.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Arar, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Arar ranks 35th of 35 for the warmest January highs and joint 10th of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Arar is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 9.5 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
Arar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 9.5 | 2.4 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 8.4 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 6.5 | 1.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 33.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| June | 37.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 39.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 40.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 36.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 20.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 12 | 2.2 | 10.210 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
- Sakakah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Najaf in JanuaryIraq · 335 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Karbala in JanuaryIraq · 336 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Rukban in JanuaryJordan · 340 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Kufa in JanuaryIraq · 344 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Ramadi in JanuaryIraq · 346 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Hindīyah in JanuaryIraq · 348 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Qurayyat in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 354 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 8.0 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 Arar) is explained once on the Arar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.