Al Hufūf climate

Name: Al Hufūf
Address: SA

Al Hufūf is warmest in July, with average highs of 45 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 8.7 °C. December is the wettest month (15 mm) and June the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Hufūf averages 70 mm of rain, 279 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Saudi Arabia · population 293,179 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 45 °C
Coldest month January 8.7 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month December 15 mm
Least cloud September 3 % cloud
Hottest on record July 49 °C
Coldest on record January -0.3 °C

What to expectAl Hufūf through the year

Al Hufūf has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 45 °C in July, a swing of 23 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 279 days a year reach 25 °C, 231 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 49 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 15 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.3 °C	13 mm	28 %
February	23.3 °C	13 mm	24 %
March	28.1 °C	13 mm	29 %
April	34.6 °C	7 mm	32 %
May	40.6 °C	1 mm	17 %
June	43.7 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
July	44.8 °C	under 1 mm	12 %
August	44.6 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
September	41.3 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
October	36.0 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
November	27.8 °C	7 mm	21 %
December	22.0 °C	15 mm	25 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.3 °C	8.7 °C	14.3 °C	30.7 °C	-0.3 °C	4	0
February	23.3 °C	10.3 °C	16.7 °C	34.4 °C	0.6 °C	10	2
March	28.1 °C	13.9 °C	21.1 °C	39.9 °C	3.1 °C	23	10
April	34.6 °C	19.4 °C	27.1 °C	43.7 °C	8.8 °C	30	26
May	40.6 °C	24.6 °C	32.9 °C	47.5 °C	16.3 °C	31	31
June	43.7 °C	27.2 °C	35.7 °C	48.5 °C	21.8 °C	30	30
July	44.8 °C	28.6 °C	36.9 °C	48.9 °C	22.6 °C	31	31
August	44.6 °C	27.8 °C	36.4 °C	48.3 °C	22.1 °C	31	31
September	41.3 °C	24.4 °C	33.0 °C	47.3 °C	15.4 °C	30	30
October	36.0 °C	20.3 °C	28.2 °C	43.6 °C	12.5 °C	31	31
November	27.8 °C	15.2 °C	21.4 °C	36.6 °C	6.2 °C	23	10
December	22.0 °C	10.4 °C	16.0 °C	31.0 °C	2.1 °C	6	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	13 mm	3	11 h/day	28 %	55 %	20 km/h
February	13 mm	2	11 h/day	24 %	47 %	22 km/h
March	13 mm	2	12 h/day	29 %	40 %	22 km/h
April	7 mm	1	13 h/day	32 %	31 %	23 km/h
May	1 mm	0	13 h/day	17 %	21 %	23 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	17 %	25 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	12 %	20 %	25 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	10 %	27 %	22 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	3 %	32 %	19 km/h
October	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	8 %	39 %	17 km/h
November	7 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	48 %	18 km/h
December	15 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	55 %	19 km/h

How Al Hufūf compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Al Hufūf	45 °C	8.7 °C	70 mm	279
Dammam · Saudi Arabia	40 °C	12 °C	87 mm	257
Al Muharraq · Bahrain	36 °C	15 °C	67 mm	230
Al Jubayl · Saudi Arabia	41 °C	11 °C	101 mm	258
Ar Rayyān · Qatar	42 °C	13 °C	61 mm	287
Lusail · Qatar	40 °C	14 °C	61 mm	274
Doha · Qatar	41 °C	14 °C	61 mm	280

Where Al Hufūf ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in October	1stof 50	0.4 mm
The warmest places in South America in August	1stof 50	45 °C
The warmest places in South America in July	1stof 50	45 °C
The warmest places in South America in June	1stof 50	44 °C
The warmest places in South America in May	1stof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in South America in September	1stof 50	41 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Al Hufūf’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Hufūf?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Al Hufūf get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 45 °C. About 231 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 49 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.7 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Al Hufūf?

December, averaging 15 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 70 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Al Hufūf rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.