Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shafā weather
in January.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Ash Shafā: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 8.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (24 km away). In January its highs average 20.6°C, 4.2°C warmer than Ash Shafā, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ash Shafā ranks 32nd of 35 for the warmest January highs and 35th of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Ash Shafā is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 13 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
Ash Shafā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 6.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 18.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 24 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 21 | 6.7 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 13.313 h |
| August | 28.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 16 | 5.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 26 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 15 | 4.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 17.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 26 | 4.8 | 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
- Ta’if in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Makkah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Al Līth in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 103 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Jeddah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Bahah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 168 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Rābigh in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Bīshah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 266 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 4.1 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 Ash Shafā) is explained once on the Ash Shafā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.