Makkah climate

Name: Makkah
Address: SA

Makkah is warmest in June, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. January is the wettest month (42 mm) and June the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Makkah averages 136 mm of rain and 348 days above 25 °C.

Saudi Arabia · population 1,578,722 · 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 June 41 °C
Coldest month January 16 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month January 42 mm
Least cloud June 14 % cloud
Hottest on record July 48 °C
Coldest on record February 4.8 °C

What to expectMakkah through the year

Makkah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 41 °C in June, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 348 days a year reach 25 °C, 285 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 42 mm against 0 mm in June — 136 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.6 °C	42 mm	31 %
February	29.1 °C	6 mm	21 %
March	32.0 °C	11 mm	19 %
April	35.6 °C	11 mm	18 %
May	38.9 °C	7 mm	17 %
June	40.6 °C	under 1 mm	14 %
July	39.8 °C	under 1 mm	25 %
August	39.4 °C	2 mm	26 %
September	38.9 °C	5 mm	20 %
October	36.1 °C	7 mm	15 %
November	31.4 °C	21 mm	17 %
December	28.3 °C	25 mm	26 %

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	15.7 °C	21.0 °C	33.7 °C	6.2 °C	21	4
February	29.1 °C	16.6 °C	22.6 °C	36.1 °C	4.8 °C	26	13
March	32.0 °C	18.7 °C	25.2 °C	39.4 °C	8.8 °C	30	24
April	35.6 °C	22.2 °C	28.7 °C	41.2 °C	12.9 °C	30	29
May	38.9 °C	25.0 °C	32.0 °C	45.2 °C	16.4 °C	31	31
June	40.6 °C	26.2 °C	33.5 °C	47.4 °C	20.3 °C	30	30
July	39.8 °C	26.8 °C	33.5 °C	48.1 °C	22.7 °C	31	31
August	39.4 °C	27.0 °C	33.2 °C	45.7 °C	22.6 °C	31	31
September	38.9 °C	26.2 °C	32.4 °C	46.2 °C	21.7 °C	30	30
October	36.1 °C	23.4 °C	29.5 °C	42.3 °C	15.9 °C	31	31
November	31.4 °C	20.2 °C	25.7 °C	36.7 °C	10.9 °C	29	23
December	28.3 °C	17.5 °C	22.8 °C	33.1 °C	8.4 °C	27	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	42 mm	4	11 h/day	31 %	59 %	18 km/h
February	6 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	51 %	21 km/h
March	11 mm	2	12 h/day	19 %	43 %	22 km/h
April	11 mm	2	13 h/day	18 %	38 %	22 km/h
May	7 mm	2	13 h/day	17 %	32 %	22 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	14 %	28 %	24 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	25 %	30 %	23 km/h
August	2 mm	1	13 h/day	26 %	39 %	23 km/h
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	20 %	43 %	21 km/h
October	7 mm	3	12 h/day	15 %	48 %	20 km/h
November	21 mm	3	11 h/day	17 %	56 %	18 km/h
December	25 mm	3	11 h/day	26 %	59 %	16 km/h

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

Where Makkah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in South America in April	1stof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in South America year-round	1stof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Asia year-round	3rdof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in South America in May	3rdof 50	39 °C
The warmest places in South America in October	3rdof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Asia in October	5thof 50	36 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Makkah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Makkah?

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, June is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Makkah get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 285 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 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Makkah?

January, averaging 42 mm over 4 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 136 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 Makkah 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.