Climate averages 1991–2020
Sabt Alalayah weather
in January.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Sabt Alalayah: daytime highs average 19.3°C and nights cool to about 9.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Bahah (71 km away). In January its highs average 17.7°C, 1.6°C cooler than Sabt Alalayah, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sabt Alalayah ranks joint 21st of 35 for the warmest January highs and 31st of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Sabt Alalayah is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 17 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
Sabt Alalayah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 19.3°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 32 | 4.9 | 11.111 h |
| February | 21.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.511 h |
| March | 23.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 5.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 28 | 7.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 37 | 11.8 | 13.013 h |
| June | 30.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 19 | 6.4 | 13.313 h |
| July | 29.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 21 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 53 | 14.5 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 46 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 15 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 22.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 11.211 h |
| December | 20.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.011 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
- Al Bahah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Bariq in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 72 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Bīshah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 82 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 9.4°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Abha in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Līth in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 188 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Ta’if in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 248 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 33 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 Sabt Alalayah) is explained once on the Sabt Alalayah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.