Hafar Al-Batin climate

Name: Hafar Al-Batin
Address: SA

Hafar Al-Batin is warmest in August, with average highs of 44 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 5.5 °C. November is the wettest month (26 mm) and August the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Hafar Al-Batin averages 111 mm of rain, 250 days above 25 °C and 4 days below freezing.

Saudi Arabia · population 271,642 · 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 August 44 °C
Coldest month January 5.5 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month November 26 mm
Least cloud June 3 % cloud
Hottest on record July 49 °C
Coldest on record January -6.1 °C

What to expectHafar Al-Batin through the year

Hafar Al-Batin has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 44 °C in August, a swing of 25 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 250 days a year reach 25 °C, 212 of them reach 30 °C, 4 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 August to 26 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.2 °C	22 mm	34 %
February	20.5 °C	10 mm	29 %
March	25.7 °C	18 mm	28 %
April	32.2 °C	10 mm	33 %
May	38.4 °C	2 mm	24 %
June	42.1 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
July	43.5 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
August	43.8 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
September	40.5 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
October	34.7 °C	1 mm	14 %
November	24.7 °C	26 mm	31 %
December	18.8 °C	22 mm	35 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	17.2 °C	5.5 °C	11.3 °C	29.8 °C	-6.1 °C	1	0	2
February	20.5 °C	7.3 °C	14.0 °C	33.5 °C	-4.0 °C	4	1	1
March	25.7 °C	11.6 °C	19.0 °C	39.3 °C	0.8 °C	17	6	0
April	32.2 °C	17.4 °C	25.3 °C	42.3 °C	3.7 °C	28	20	0
May	38.4 °C	23.2 °C	31.4 °C	46.1 °C	13.9 °C	31	31	0
June	42.1 °C	26.3 °C	34.8 °C	47.8 °C	19.8 °C	30	30	0
July	43.5 °C	27.9 °C	36.3 °C	48.5 °C	21.8 °C	31	31	0
August	43.8 °C	27.7 °C	36.4 °C	48.5 °C	21.4 °C	31	31	0
September	40.5 °C	24.3 °C	32.9 °C	46.4 °C	14.6 °C	30	30	0
October	34.7 °C	19.6 °C	27.3 °C	42.7 °C	10.0 °C	31	28	0
November	24.7 °C	12.4 °C	18.5 °C	36.2 °C	-0.2 °C	13	5	0
December	18.8 °C	7.2 °C	12.9 °C	29.5 °C	-4.9 °C	2	0	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	22 mm	3	11 h/day	34 %	60 %	20 km/h
February	10 mm	2	11 h/day	29 %	47 %	22 km/h
March	18 mm	3	12 h/day	28 %	36 %	23 km/h
April	10 mm	2	13 h/day	33 %	29 %	24 km/h
May	2 mm	0	14 h/day	24 %	17 %	24 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	13 %	25 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	4 %	13 %	26 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	4 %	14 %	23 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	4 %	17 %	20 km/h
October	1 mm	0	12 h/day	14 %	25 %	20 km/h
November	26 mm	3	11 h/day	31 %	47 %	19 km/h
December	22 mm	4	10 h/day	35 %	59 %	19 km/h

How Hafar Al-Batin 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
Hafar Al-Batin	44 °C	5.5 °C	111 mm	250
Al Aḩmadī · Kuwait	44 °C	8.2 °C	128 mm	250
Ḩawallī · Kuwait	43 °C	9.6 °C	126 mm	243
Basrah · Iraq	47 °C	7.6 °C	156 mm	257
Nasiriyah · Iraq	46 °C	6.8 °C	114 mm	255
Buraydah · Saudi Arabia	43 °C	6.1 °C	93 mm	266
Unaizah · Saudi Arabia	42 °C	6.1 °C	97 mm	263

Where Hafar Al-Batin ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in South America in August	2ndof 50	0.01 mm
The warmest places in South America in August	2ndof 50	44 °C
The warmest places in South America in July	3rdof 50	43 °C
The warmest places in South America in June	3rdof 50	42 °C
The warmest places in South America in September	3rdof 50	40 °C
The driest places in South America in September	4thof 50	0.03 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Hafar Al-Batin’s climate

When is the best time to visit Hafar Al-Batin?

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

How hot does Hafar Al-Batin get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 44 °C. About 212 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 5.5 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 4 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Hafar Al-Batin?

November, averaging 26 mm over 3 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 111 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 Hafar Al-Batin 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.