Climate averages 1991–2020
Qurayyat weather
in January.
A cool, very dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Qurayyat: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Russeifa (144 km away). In January its highs average 13.8°C, 1.1°C cooler than Qurayyat, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Qurayyat ranks joint 33rd of 35 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Qurayyat is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.0 mm to 5.8 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
Qurayyat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 8.0 | 2.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 6.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 37.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August | 37.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 5.7 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 10.210 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
- Russeifa in JanuaryJordan · 144 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Zarqa in JanuaryJordan · 145 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in JanuaryJordan · 148 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Amman in JanuaryJordan · 149 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Mādabā in JanuaryJordan · 153 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Marj Al Hamam in JanuaryJordan · 155 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in JanuaryJordan · 160 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 48 mm rain
- As Salţ in JanuaryJordan · 172 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 2.4°C · 48 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 Qurayyat) is explained once on the Qurayyat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.