Climate averages 1991–2020
Rābigh weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 11th driest 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 Rābigh: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (146 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Rābigh, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Rābigh ranks 5th of 35 for the warmest January highs and joint 14th of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Rābigh is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 2.4 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
Rābigh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 10.911 h |
| February | 28.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| March | 30.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 3.4 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| June | 37.4°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| July | 37.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| August | 37.6°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 37.2°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 35.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 31.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 27 | 2.3 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 13 | 1.6 | 10.811 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
- Jeddah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Makkah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Yanbu in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 175 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Madinah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 9.1°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Ta’if in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 222 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Al Līth in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 321 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Al Bahah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 399 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 42 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 Rābigh) is explained once on the Rābigh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.