Climate averages 1991–2020

Ta’if weather
in January.

A mild, fairly 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.

Average high 20.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 10.9°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 33 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a mild month in Ta’if: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ash Shafā (24 km away). In January its highs average 16.3°C, 4.2°C cooler than Ta’if, with 51 mm of rain.

Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ta’if ranks 14th of 35 for the warmest January highs and 32nd of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Ta’if is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 9.1 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Ta’if climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ta’if, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	20.6°C10.9°C	10.9°C	33	5.0	11.011 h
February	22.9°C11.9°C	11.9°C	9.1	2.5	11.411 h
March	25.4°C14.2°C	14.2°C	20	4.9	12.012 h
April	28.4°C17.5°C	17.5°C	35	7.7	12.613 h
May	31.8°C21.4°C	21.4°C	25	6.2	13.113 h
June	34.5°C23.8°C	23.8°C	2.6	0.9	13.413 h
July	33.4°C22.9°C	22.9°C	3.2	1.0	13.313 h
August	33.3°C23.0°C	23.0°C	15	4.6	12.913 h
September	32.7°C22.6°C	22.6°C	14	3.9	12.312 h
October	29.1°C17.9°C	17.9°C	8.8	2.6	11.712 h
November	24.7°C14.5°C	14.5°C	13	3.3	11.111 h
December	22.0°C12.2°C	12.2°C	17	3.1	10.911 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

Distance from Ta’if

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ta’if) is explained once on the Ta’if year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.