Climate averages 1991–2020

Yanbu weather
in November.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 30.1°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 18 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Yanbu · average highYear overview

November is a hot month in Yanbu: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 00 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Madinah (163 km away). In November its highs average 29.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Yanbu, with 5.7 mm of rain.

Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Yanbu ranks 8th of 35 for the warmest November highs and joint 21st of 35 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 35 cities is 26.2°C; Yanbu is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 11 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Yanbu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.2°C16.6°C16.6°C8.01.410.811 h
February 26.2°C17.3°C17.3°C3.30.611.311 h
March 28.1°C19.0°C19.0°C1.40.512.012 h
April 30.5°C21.8°C21.8°C0.60.112.713 h
May 33.6°C24.8°C24.8°C0.10.013.313 h
June 35.7°C26.4°C26.4°C00.013.614 h
July 35.6°C27.1°C27.1°C00.013.513 h
August 36.2°C27.9°C27.9°C00.013.013 h
September 35.6°C26.8°C26.8°C00.012.312 h
October 33.5°C24.8°C24.8°C2.40.311.612 h
November, selected 30.1°C21.3°C21.3°C181.711.011 h
December 27.1°C18.4°C18.4°C111.310.711 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Yanbu

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