Al Jubayl climate

Name: Al Jubayl
Address: SA

Al Jubayl is warmest in July, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (23 mm) and June the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al Jubayl averages 101 mm of rain and 258 days above 25 °C.

Saudi Arabia · population 237,274 · 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 41 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month January 23 mm
Least cloud September 2 % cloud
Hottest on record June 48 °C
Coldest on record January 2.7 °C
Warmest sea August 33 °C

What to expectAl Jubayl through the year

Al Jubayl has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in January to 41 °C in July, a swing of 20 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 258 days a year reach 25 °C, 211 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 23 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Al Jubayl is warmest in August at 33 °C and coldest in February at 19 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	19.4 °C	23 mm	33 %
February	21.4 °C	14 mm	29 %
March	25.6 °C	13 mm	30 %
April	31.1 °C	5 mm	35 %
May	36.8 °C	1 mm	19 %
June	40.1 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
July	41.4 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
August	41.2 °C	under 1 mm	6 %
September	38.9 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
October	34.6 °C	1 mm	11 %
November	27.0 °C	23 mm	26 %
December	21.4 °C	22 mm	31 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	19.4 °C	11.4 °C	15.4 °C	29.7 °C	2.7 °C	2	0
February	21.4 °C	12.6 °C	16.9 °C	35.1 °C	5.1 °C	4	1
March	25.6 °C	15.4 °C	20.4 °C	41.2 °C	6.5 °C	16	4
April	31.1 °C	20.2 °C	25.5 °C	43.7 °C	12.5 °C	29	18
May	36.8 °C	25.0 °C	30.9 °C	45.7 °C	19.0 °C	31	31
June	40.1 °C	28.3 °C	34.2 °C	47.5 °C	21.9 °C	30	30
July	41.4 °C	29.9 °C	35.5 °C	47.5 °C	23.6 °C	31	31
August	41.2 °C	29.2 °C	35.1 °C	46.5 °C	24.3 °C	31	31
September	38.9 °C	26.4 °C	32.5 °C	45.6 °C	19.2 °C	30	30
October	34.6 °C	23.0 °C	28.7 °C	44.3 °C	15.6 °C	31	30
November	27.0 °C	18.3 °C	22.7 °C	37.5 °C	9.3 °C	21	6
December	21.4 °C	13.6 °C	17.5 °C	31.8 °C	5.7 °C	3	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	23 mm	4	11 h/day	33 %	67 %	23 km/h	19.8 °C
February	14 mm	2	11 h/day	29 %	63 %	25 km/h	18.6 °C
March	13 mm	2	12 h/day	30 %	57 %	25 km/h	19.5 °C
April	5 mm	1	13 h/day	35 %	49 %	26 km/h	22.3 °C
May	1 mm	0	13 h/day	19 %	41 %	26 km/h	26.3 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	35 %	28 km/h	29.7 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	6 %	38 %	26 km/h	31.8 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	6 %	47 %	24 km/h	33.0 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	2 %	52 %	22 km/h	32.0 °C
October	1 mm	0	12 h/day	11 %	58 %	20 km/h	29.9 °C
November	23 mm	2	11 h/day	26 %	61 %	22 km/h	26.7 °C
December	22 mm	3	10 h/day	31 %	67 %	22 km/h	22.7 °C

How Al Jubayl 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 Jubayl	41 °C	11 °C	101 mm	258
Dammam · Saudi Arabia	40 °C	12 °C	87 mm	257
Al Muharraq · Bahrain	36 °C	15 °C	67 mm	230
Al Hufūf · Saudi Arabia	45 °C	8.7 °C	70 mm	279
Bushehr · Iran	37 °C	13 °C	246 mm	230
Lusail · Qatar	40 °C	14 °C	61 mm	274
Ar Rayyān · Qatar	42 °C	13 °C	61 mm	287

Where Al Jubayl ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in November	2nd of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in the world in November	4th of 50	99/100
The driest places in South America in June	7th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in South America in May	7th of 50	0.9 mm
Places with the best weather in South America in December	8th of 50	94/100
The driest places in South America in October	8th of 50	1.1 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Al Jubayl.

QuestionsCommon questions about Al Jubayl’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al Jubayl?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, November, December 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 Jubayl get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 211 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Al Jubayl?

January, averaging 23 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 101 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 Jubayl 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
Data point: 27.017°, 49.623° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.