Climate averages 1991–2020
Riyadh weather
in November.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Riyadh: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes November a very dry month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Kharj (86 km away). In November its highs average 27.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Riyadh, with 9.1 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh ranks 18th of 35 for the warmest November highs and 12th of 35 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 35 cities is 26.2°C; Riyadh is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 9.1 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
Riyadh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 11 | 2.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 23.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 27.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 11 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 14 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 13.313 h |
| June | 41.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| August | 42.5°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 39.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November, selected | 26.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| December | 21.3°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 9.1 | 1.7 | 10.611 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
- Al Kharj in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 86 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 236 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 262 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Al Hufūf in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 298 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- Unaizah in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 315 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Buraydah in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 330 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Ar Rass in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 350 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Al Jubayl in NovemberSaudi Arabia · 389 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.7°C · 21 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 Riyadh) is explained once on the Riyadh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.