Jeddah climate

Name: Jeddah
Address: SA

Jeddah is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. November is the wettest month (32 mm) and June the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jeddah averages 85 mm of rain and 352 days above 25 °C.

Saudi Arabia · population 4,697,000 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month January 20 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month November 32 mm
Least cloud June 12 % cloud
Hottest on record June 48 °C
Coldest on record February 14 °C
Warmest sea August 31 °C

What to expectJeddah through the year

Jeddah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 8.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 352 days a year reach 25 °C, 245 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 32 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Jeddah is warmest in August at 31 °C and coldest in February at 26 °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	26.6 °C	24 mm	27 %
February	27.4 °C	3 mm	18 %
March	29.0 °C	5 mm	17 %
April	31.4 °C	3 mm	16 %
May	33.8 °C	1 mm	15 %
June	34.7 °C	0 mm	12 %
July	35.5 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
August	35.5 °C	under 1 mm	25 %
September	34.6 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
October	33.4 °C	3 mm	12 %
November	30.6 °C	32 mm	15 %
December	28.2 °C	15 mm	23 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.6 °C	20.0 °C	23.2 °C	33.1 °C	14.2 °C	24	1
February	27.4 °C	20.1 °C	23.7 °C	35.7 °C	13.5 °C	25	2
March	29.0 °C	21.1 °C	25.0 °C	37.5 °C	15.7 °C	31	8
April	31.4 °C	23.4 °C	27.5 °C	39.5 °C	17.3 °C	30	24
May	33.8 °C	25.6 °C	29.8 °C	46.5 °C	19.7 °C	31	31
June	34.7 °C	26.4 °C	30.7 °C	47.7 °C	22.0 °C	30	30
July	35.5 °C	27.5 °C	31.8 °C	42.4 °C	24.1 °C	31	31
August	35.5 °C	28.3 °C	32.0 °C	40.9 °C	24.9 °C	31	31
September	34.6 °C	27.5 °C	31.1 °C	41.8 °C	24.6 °C	30	30
October	33.4 °C	26.0 °C	29.7 °C	40.2 °C	22.3 °C	31	31
November	30.6 °C	24.0 °C	27.3 °C	35.3 °C	16.7 °C	30	21
December	28.2 °C	21.8 °C	24.9 °C	36.7 °C	16.8 °C	29	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	24 mm	3	11 h/day	27 %	63 %	24 km/h	26.4 °C
February	3 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	62 %	26 km/h	25.6 °C
March	5 mm	1	12 h/day	17 %	62 %	27 km/h	25.7 °C
April	3 mm	0	13 h/day	16 %	61 %	26 km/h	27.0 °C
May	1 mm	0	13 h/day	15 %	60 %	26 km/h	28.4 °C
June	0 mm	0	13 h/day	12 %	61 %	28 km/h	29.0 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	24 %	61 %	26 km/h	30.3 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	25 %	65 %	26 km/h	31.1 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	18 %	70 %	25 km/h	30.6 °C
October	3 mm	1	12 h/day	12 %	69 %	23 km/h	30.6 °C
November	32 mm	2	11 h/day	15 %	66 %	22 km/h	29.6 °C
December	15 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	64 %	23 km/h	27.9 °C

How Jeddah 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
Jeddah	35 °C	20 °C	85 mm	352
Makkah · Saudi Arabia	41 °C	16 °C	136 mm	348
Ta’if · Saudi Arabia	34 °C	10 °C	179 mm	248
Port Sudan · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	135 mm	346
Yanbu · Saudi Arabia	37 °C	16 °C	44 mm	336
Madinah · Saudi Arabia	42 °C	9.0 °C	40 mm	316
Abha · Saudi Arabia	27 °C	10 °C	793 mm	103

Where Jeddah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia in June	1st of 50	0 mm
The driest places in South America in June	1st of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in June	1st of 50	0 mm
Best beach destinations in Asia in February	2nd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in the world in February	2nd of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Asia in March	3rd of 50	99/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Jeddah.

QuestionsCommon questions about Jeddah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jeddah?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, 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 Jeddah get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 245 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 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Jeddah?

November, averaging 32 mm over 2 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 85 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 Jeddah 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: 21.490°, 39.186° (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.