Climate averages 1991–2020
Tabuk weather
in January.
A mild, very dry month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Tabuk: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aqaba (197 km away). In January its highs average 19.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Tabuk, with 8.0 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Tabuk ranks joint 29th of 35 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 35 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 35 cities is 20.9°C; Tabuk is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.5 mm to 1.9 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
Tabuk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 17.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 4.5 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| February | 19.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 12.813 h |
| May | 33.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.514 h |
| June | 36.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.914 h |
| July | 38.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| August | 38.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.213 h |
| September | 36.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| November | 23.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| December | 18.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 10.410 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
- Aqaba in JanuaryJordan · 197 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Hurghada in JanuaryEgypt · 300 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Qurayyat in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Beersheba in JanuaryIsrael · 361 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Hebron in JanuaryPalestinian Territory · 376 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Mādabā in JanuaryJordan · 376 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in JanuaryJordan · 392 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 3.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Rafaḩ in JanuaryPalestinian Territory · 393 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 8.8°C · 35 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 Tabuk) is explained once on the Tabuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.