Climate averages 1991–2020
Ha'il weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Ha'il: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rass (257 km away). In January its highs average 19.3°C, 2.6°C warmer than Ha'il, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ha'il ranks 31st of 35 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Ha'il is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.5 mm to 8.0 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
Ha'il climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 16.7°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 8.5 | 1.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 19.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 23.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 34.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 37.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 38.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 39.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 22.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 23 | 3.4 | 10.811 h |
| December | 18.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 9.1 | 1.8 | 10.410 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
- Ar Rass in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 257 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Buraydah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Unaizah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 278 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Sakakah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Arar in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 389 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Madinah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 430 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 14 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 Ha'il) is explained once on the Ha'il year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.