Climate averages 1991–2020
Bīshah weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Bīshah: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 4.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 10th 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 (82 km away). In January its highs average 19.3°C, 5.5°C cooler than Bīshah, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Bīshah ranks 10th of 35 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Bīshah is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.1 mm to 3.0 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
Bīshah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 4.1 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| February | 27.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.511 h |
| March | 30.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 13 | 3.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 36.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 3.1 | 1.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 38.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| July | 38.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| August | 38.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 36.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 25.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 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 · 82 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Al Bahah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Bariq in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 139 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 190 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Abha in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 199 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Al Līth in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 244 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 266 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Ta’if in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 268 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 33 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 Bīshah) is explained once on the Bīshah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.