Climate averages 1991–2020

Unaizah weather
in February.

A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.1°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 8.2°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 6.8 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Unaizah: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 6.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Buraydah (25 km away). In February its highs average 22.4°C, about as warm as Unaizah, with 6.8 mm of rain.

Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Unaizah ranks 20th of 35 for the warmest February highs and joint 16th of 35 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 35 cities is 23.2°C; Unaizah is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.8 mm to 15 mm.

The annual picture

February 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

Unaizah climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Unaizah, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	18.7°C6.3°C	6.3°C	14	2.4	10.711 h
February, selected	22.1°C8.2°C	8.2°C	6.8	1.5	11.311 h
March	26.4°C12.3°C	12.3°C	15	2.7	12.012 h
April	32.0°C17.4°C	17.4°C	16	2.8	12.813 h
May	37.5°C22.4°C	22.4°C	1.7	0.3	13.413 h
June	40.6°C24.4°C	24.4°C	0	0.0	13.714 h
July	41.5°C25.4°C	25.4°C	0	0.0	13.614 h
August	41.9°C25.9°C	25.9°C	0	0.0	13.113 h
September	39.2°C23.2°C	23.2°C	0.1	0.0	12.312 h
October	33.7°C18.6°C	18.6°C	2.2	0.4	11.612 h
November	25.3°C12.9°C	12.9°C	28	3.1	10.911 h
December	20.1°C8.1°C	8.1°C	14	2.4	10.511 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

Distance from Unaizah

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 Unaizah) is explained once on the Unaizah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.