Climate averages 1991–2020
Madinah weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the wettest 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 Madinah: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yanbu (163 km away). In January its highs average 25.2°C, 1.7°C warmer than Madinah, with 8.0 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Madinah ranks 11th of 35 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Madinah is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.3 mm to 1.6 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
Madinah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Yanbu in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Rābigh in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Jeddah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Makkah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 339 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Ta’if in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 365 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 384 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Ha'il in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Ar Rass in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 421 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 13 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.