Climate averages 1991–2020
Yanbu weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Yanbu: daytime highs average 35.6°C and nights cool to about 27.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madinah (163 km away). In July its highs average 41.5°C, 5.9°C warmer than Yanbu, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Yanbu ranks joint 27th of 35 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 35 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 35 cities is 37.9°C; Yanbu is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Yanbu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 8.0 | 1.4 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| May | 33.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| June | 35.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July, selected | 35.6°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| August | 36.2°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 35.6°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 2.4 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 30.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 18 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 11 | 1.3 | 10.711 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
July in nearby cities
- Madinah in JulySaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 41.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Rābigh in JulySaudi Arabia · 175 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Jeddah in JulySaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Makkah in JulySaudi Arabia · 347 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ta’if in JulySaudi Arabia · 396 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JulySaudi Arabia · 408 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Al Līth in JulySaudi Arabia · 494 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 28.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Tabuk in JulySaudi Arabia · 502 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 0 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 Yanbu) is explained once on the Yanbu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.