Tabuk climate

Name: Tabuk
Address: SA

Tabuk is warmest in August, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 3.2 °C. January is the wettest month (5.1 mm) and June the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tabuk averages 18 mm of rain, 238 days above 25 °C and 8 days below freezing.

Saudi Arabia · population 667,000 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 3.2 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month January 5 mm
Least cloud June 2 % cloud
Hottest on record July 45 °C
Coldest on record January -5.6 °C

What to expectTabuk through the year

Tabuk has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 17 °C in January to 38 °C in August, a swing of 21 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 238 days a year reach 25 °C, 188 of them reach 30 °C, 8 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 5 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	17.3 °C	5 mm	23 %
February	20.0 °C	2 mm	20 %
March	24.2 °C	3 mm	18 %
April	29.4 °C	1 mm	19 %
May	33.7 °C	2 mm	18 %
June	36.8 °C	under 1 mm	2 %
July	38.0 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
August	38.4 °C	under 1 mm	3 %
September	36.1 °C	under 1 mm	4 %
October	31.1 °C	1 mm	12 %
November	23.7 °C	3 mm	20 %
December	18.7 °C	1 mm	22 %

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	17.3 °C	3.2 °C	10.2 °C	28.5 °C	-5.6 °C	1	0	4
February	20.0 °C	4.8 °C	12.5 °C	31.8 °C	-3.2 °C	4	0	2
March	24.2 °C	8.4 °C	16.7 °C	35.7 °C	-1.5 °C	13	3	0
April	29.4 °C	12.8 °C	21.7 °C	37.6 °C	2.0 °C	26	14	0
May	33.7 °C	17.1 °C	26.1 °C	41.6 °C	9.6 °C	31	27	0
June	36.8 °C	20.0 °C	29.2 °C	43.2 °C	13.7 °C	30	30	0
July	38.0 °C	21.9 °C	30.6 °C	44.9 °C	16.7 °C	31	31	0
August	38.4 °C	22.1 °C	30.9 °C	43.9 °C	17.2 °C	31	31	0
September	36.1 °C	19.5 °C	28.3 °C	43.1 °C	14.1 °C	30	30	0
October	31.1 °C	15.2 °C	23.5 °C	38.5 °C	7.0 °C	30	21	0
November	23.7 °C	9.6 °C	16.6 °C	32.1 °C	0.1 °C	11	1	0
December	18.7 °C	4.7 °C	11.6 °C	28.6 °C	-3.3 °C	2	0	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	5 mm	1	11 h/day	23 %	51 %	16 km/h
February	2 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	40 %	19 km/h
March	3 mm	0	12 h/day	18 %	33 %	21 km/h
April	1 mm	1	13 h/day	19 %	24 %	22 km/h
May	2 mm	0	14 h/day	18 %	21 %	22 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	2 %	21 %	21 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	14 h/day	3 %	23 %	21 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	3 %	25 %	19 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	4 %	27 %	18 km/h
October	1 mm	0	12 h/day	12 %	32 %	16 km/h
November	3 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	44 %	15 km/h
December	1 mm	1	10 h/day	22 %	50 %	15 km/h

How Tabuk 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
Tabuk	38 °C	3.2 °C	18 mm	238
Hurghada · Egypt	35 °C	13 °C	9 mm	241
Beersheba · Israel	33 °C	7.0 °C	130 mm	205
Hebron · Palestinian Territory	32 °C	5.0 °C	205 mm	174
Khuraybat as Sūq · Jordan	32 °C	3.5 °C	184 mm	175
Khān Yūnis · Palestinian Territory	33 °C	8.5 °C	152 mm	206
Jerusalem · Israel	32 °C	4.5 °C	323 mm	171

Where Tabuk ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Asia year-round	1stof 50	1.5 mm
The driest places in South America in April	2ndof 50	1.4 mm
The driest places in South America year-round	2ndof 50	1.5 mm
The driest places in South America in August	4thof 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in South America in March	4thof 50	2.8 mm
The driest places in South America in June	5thof 50	0.01 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tabuk’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tabuk?

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 June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tabuk get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 188 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 3.2 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 8 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Tabuk?

January, averaging 5 mm over 1 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 18 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 Tabuk 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.