Climate averages 1991–2020
Makkah weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Makkah: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (64 km away). In November its highs average 24.7°C, 6.4°C cooler than Makkah, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Makkah ranks 4th of 35 for the warmest November highs and joint 25th of 35 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 35 cities is 26.2°C; Makkah is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Ta’if in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Jeddah in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Al Līth in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 150 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Rābigh in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Al Bahah in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 303 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Bīshah in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 330 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 1.7 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.