Climate averages 1991–2020
Madinah weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Madinah: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yanbu (163 km away). In February its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Madinah, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Madinah ranks 10th of 35 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 35 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 35 cities is 23.2°C; Madinah is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 4.1 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Madinah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| February, selected | 26.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 41.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| August | 42.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 6.9 | 0.9 | 10.711 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
February in nearby cities
- Yanbu in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Rābigh in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Jeddah in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Makkah in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 339 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Ta’if in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 365 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.9°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 384 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Ha'il in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Ar Rass in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 421 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 5.9 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 Madinah) is explained once on the Madinah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.