Climate averages 1991–2020
Makkah weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Makkah: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (64 km away). In January its highs average 20.6°C, 5.7°C cooler than Makkah, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Makkah ranks 7th of 35 for the warmest January highs and joint 33rd of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Makkah is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 4.3 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
Makkah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 42 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 9.3 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 38.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 40.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 39.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 39.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 38.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 31.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 24 | 2.9 | 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
- Ta’if in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Jeddah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Līth in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 150 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Rābigh in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Bahah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 303 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Bīshah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 330 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 4.1 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 Makkah) is explained once on the Makkah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.