Madinah climate

Name: Madinah
Address: SA

Madinah is warmest in August, with average highs of 42 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 9.0 °C. January is the wettest month (9.0 mm) and June the driest (0.02 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Madinah averages 40 mm of rain, 316 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Saudi Arabia · population 1,300,000 · 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 August 42 °C
Coldest month January 9.0 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month January 9 mm
Least cloud June 8 % cloud
Hottest on record July 48 °C
Coldest on record January -1.0 °C

What to expectMadinah through the year

Madinah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in January to 42 °C in August, a swing of 18 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 316 days a year reach 25 °C, 249 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 9 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.6 °C	9 mm	24 %
February	26.3 °C	3 mm	20 %
March	30.0 °C	4 mm	20 %
April	34.6 °C	5 mm	21 %
May	38.8 °C	2 mm	20 %
June	41.7 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
July	41.6 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
August	42.4 °C	2 mm	20 %
September	41.0 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
October	36.0 °C	2 mm	14 %
November	29.6 °C	6 mm	18 %
December	25.3 °C	7 mm	22 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.6 °C	9.0 °C	16.7 °C	33.2 °C	-1.0 °C	12	1
February	26.3 °C	10.9 °C	19.0 °C	35.2 °C	-0.7 °C	18	5
March	30.0 °C	14.2 °C	22.6 °C	39.0 °C	2.0 °C	28	16
April	34.6 °C	18.7 °C	27.2 °C	41.6 °C	9.9 °C	30	28
May	38.8 °C	23.2 °C	31.6 °C	44.8 °C	13.5 °C	31	31
June	41.7 °C	25.6 °C	34.2 °C	47.2 °C	17.5 °C	30	30
July	41.6 °C	25.9 °C	34.1 °C	47.8 °C	19.2 °C	31	31
August	42.4 °C	26.5 °C	34.8 °C	47.2 °C	20.3 °C	31	31
September	41.0 °C	25.2 °C	33.7 °C	45.3 °C	18.2 °C	30	30
October	36.0 °C	20.3 °C	29.0 °C	40.6 °C	11.0 °C	31	31
November	29.6 °C	15.0 °C	22.8 °C	36.3 °C	1.6 °C	27	15
December	25.3 °C	10.9 °C	18.5 °C	32.1 °C	0.4 °C	18	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	9 mm	1	11 h/day	24 %	43 %	18 km/h
February	3 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	35 %	20 km/h
March	4 mm	1	12 h/day	20 %	29 %	21 km/h
April	5 mm	1	13 h/day	21 %	25 %	22 km/h
May	2 mm	1	13 h/day	20 %	18 %	21 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	8 %	15 %	22 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	16 %	20 %	23 km/h
August	2 mm	1	13 h/day	20 %	22 %	23 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	15 %	18 %	19 km/h
October	2 mm	0	12 h/day	14 %	23 %	17 km/h
November	6 mm	1	11 h/day	18 %	38 %	18 km/h
December	7 mm	1	11 h/day	22 %	44 %	17 km/h

How Madinah 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
Madinah	42 °C	9.0 °C	40 mm	316
Yanbu · Saudi Arabia	37 °C	16 °C	44 mm	336
Jeddah · Saudi Arabia	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
Ha'il · Saudi Arabia	39 °C	4.2 °C	77 mm	236
Unaizah · Saudi Arabia	42 °C	6.1 °C	97 mm	263

Where Madinah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in September	2nd of 50	41 °C
The warmest places in South America year-round	2nd of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in South America in April	3rd of 50	35 °C
The driest places in Asia year-round	4th of 50	3.4 mm
The warmest places in South America in June	4th of 50	42 °C
The warmest places in South America in May	4th of 50	39 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Madinah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Madinah?

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

How hot does Madinah get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 42 °C. About 249 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 9.0 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Madinah?

January, averaging 9 mm over 1 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 40 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 Madinah 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: 24.469°, 39.614° (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.