Climate averages 1991–2020
Jizan weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 8th 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 Jizan: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Şabyā (30 km away). In January its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Jizan, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Jizan ranks 3rd of 35 for the warmest January highs and joint 14th of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Jizan is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 5.4 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
Jizan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 10 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.5°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 9.9 | 1.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 34.6°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 2.8 | 0.4 | 12.913 h |
| June | 35.3°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 13.113 h |
| July | 35.6°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 13 | 1.2 | 13.013 h |
| August | 34.8°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 20 | 2.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.0°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 5.1 | 1.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.5°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 19 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.111 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
- Şabyā in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Abha in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 148 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 158 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Najrān in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 180 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in JanuaryYemen · 202 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Bariq in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 236 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in JanuaryYemen · 237 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Sanaa in JanuaryYemen · 246 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 6.5 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 Jizan) is explained once on the Jizan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.