Climate averages 1991–2020
Sakakah weather
in February.
A mild, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Sakakah: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arar (137 km away). In February its highs average 16.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Sakakah, with 9.5 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Sakakah ranks 33rd of 35 for the warmest February highs and 14th of 35 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 35 cities is 23.2°C; Sakakah is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.1 mm to 5.8 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Sakakah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 10 | 2.1 | 10.410 h |
| February, selected | 17.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 6.1 | 1.3 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 5.8 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.913 h |
| May | 34.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| June | 38.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 39.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| August | 40.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 37.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 9.6 | 1.6 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 7.2 | 1.5 | 10.310 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
February in nearby cities
- Arar in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 137 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Ha'il in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Qurayyat in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 313 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Tabuk in FebruarySaudi Arabia · 394 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 4.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Rukban in FebruaryJordan · 398 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Najaf in FebruaryIraq · 456 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 6.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Zarqa in FebruaryJordan · 457 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Russeifa in FebruaryJordan · 457 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 40 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 Sakakah) is explained once on the Sakakah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.