Ta’if climate

Name: Ta’if
Address: SA

Ta’if is warmest in June, with average highs of 34 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 10 °C. January is the wettest month (33 mm) and June the driest (2.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ta’if averages 179 mm of rain, 248 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Saudi Arabia · population 688,693 · 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 34 °C
Coldest month January 10 °C
Driest month June 2 mm
Wettest month January 33 mm
Least cloud October 17 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January -1.6 °C

What to expectTa’if through the year

Ta’if has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in January to 34 °C in June, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 248 days a year reach 25 °C, 154 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 2 mm in June to 33 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	20.3 °C	33 mm	35 %
February	22.6 °C	7 mm	23 %
March	25.1 °C	19 mm	22 %
April	28.0 °C	32 mm	24 %
May	31.5 °C	20 mm	26 %
June	34.2 °C	2 mm	23 %
July	33.0 °C	4 mm	33 %
August	33.0 °C	14 mm	34 %
September	32.5 °C	12 mm	27 %
October	28.8 °C	8 mm	17 %
November	24.5 °C	11 mm	22 %
December	21.8 °C	16 mm	29 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	20.3 °C	10.4 °C	15.1 °C	27.6 °C	-1.6 °C	1	0
February	22.6 °C	11.5 °C	16.8 °C	28.8 °C	-0.6 °C	6	0
March	25.1 °C	13.6 °C	19.2 °C	31.1 °C	1.4 °C	17	1
April	28.0 °C	17.0 °C	22.3 °C	33.4 °C	9.1 °C	26	7
May	31.5 °C	20.8 °C	25.9 °C	36.3 °C	12.4 °C	31	22
June	34.2 °C	23.3 °C	28.4 °C	38.2 °C	16.0 °C	30	29
July	33.0 °C	22.5 °C	27.6 °C	39.1 °C	16.8 °C	31	29
August	33.0 °C	22.7 °C	27.6 °C	38.0 °C	16.3 °C	31	29
September	32.5 °C	22.1 °C	26.9 °C	36.5 °C	15.7 °C	30	28
October	28.8 °C	17.5 °C	23.1 °C	33.5 °C	10.4 °C	30	9
November	24.5 °C	14.0 °C	19.1 °C	29.5 °C	3.2 °C	14	0
December	21.8 °C	11.7 °C	16.5 °C	26.7 °C	1.7 °C	1	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	33 mm	5	11 h/day	35 %	64 %	18 km/h
February	7 mm	2	11 h/day	23 %	55 %	20 km/h
March	19 mm	4	12 h/day	22 %	47 %	21 km/h
April	32 mm	7	13 h/day	24 %	43 %	20 km/h
May	20 mm	5	13 h/day	26 %	33 %	17 km/h
June	2 mm	1	13 h/day	23 %	20 %	20 km/h
July	4 mm	1	13 h/day	33 %	26 %	21 km/h
August	14 mm	4	13 h/day	34 %	34 %	20 km/h
September	12 mm	3	12 h/day	27 %	33 %	18 km/h
October	8 mm	2	12 h/day	17 %	39 %	16 km/h
November	11 mm	3	11 h/day	22 %	55 %	16 km/h
December	16 mm	3	11 h/day	29 %	62 %	17 km/h

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

Where Ta’if ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in South America in December	2nd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in South America in February	2nd of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in South America in January	3rd of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in South America in November	3rd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Asia in December	7th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in South America in March	9th of 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Ta’if.

QuestionsCommon questions about Ta’if’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ta’if?

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

How hot does Ta’if get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 34 °C. About 154 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 10 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Ta’if?

January, averaging 33 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is June with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 179 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 Ta’if 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: 21.270°, 40.416° (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.