Climate averages 1991–2020
Şabyā weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Şabyā: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jizan (30 km away). In January its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Şabyā, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Şabyā ranks 1st of 35 for the warmest January highs and joint 19th of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Şabyā is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 11 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
Şabyā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 29.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 33.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 21 | 3.5 | 12.513 h |
| May | 35.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 11 | 3.7 | 12.913 h |
| June | 36.4°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 3.0 | 1.0 | 13.113 h |
| July | 36.7°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 25 | 2.5 | 13.013 h |
| August | 35.6°C29.3°C | 29.3°C | 42 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.7°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 28 | 5.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.0°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 15 | 4.8 | 11.311 h |
| December | 29.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.111 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
- Jizan in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Abha in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 128 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Najrān in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 164 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Bariq in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 211 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 19 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in JanuaryYemen · 217 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.6°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Sanaa in JanuaryYemen · 261 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in JanuaryYemen · 264 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 6.7 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 Şabyā) is explained once on the Şabyā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.