Yanbu climate

Name: Yanbu
Address: SA

Yanbu is warmest in August, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. November is the wettest month (16 mm) and June the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Yanbu averages 44 mm of rain and 336 days above 25 °C.

Saudi Arabia · population 200,161 · 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 37 °C
Coldest month January 16 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month November 16 mm
Least cloud June 5 % cloud
Hottest on record August 48 °C
Coldest on record January 6.4 °C
Warmest sea August 30 °C

What to expectYanbu through the year

Yanbu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in January to 37 °C in August, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 336 days a year reach 25 °C, 228 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in August.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in June to 16 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Yanbu is warmest in August at 30 °C and coldest in February at 24 °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	25.3 °C	9 mm	24 %
February	26.3 °C	4 mm	20 %
March	28.3 °C	1 mm	19 %
April	30.8 °C	1 mm	17 %
May	34.0 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
June	36.2 °C	0 mm	5 %
July	36.0 °C	under 1 mm	11 %
August	36.6 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
September	36.0 °C	under 1 mm	8 %
October	33.7 °C	2 mm	10 %
November	30.2 °C	16 mm	15 %
December	27.1 °C	11 mm	21 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.3 °C	16.2 °C	21.0 °C	32.3 °C	6.4 °C	17	0
February	26.3 °C	16.9 °C	21.9 °C	33.2 °C	9.5 °C	20	2
March	28.3 °C	18.7 °C	23.9 °C	36.4 °C	11.0 °C	29	6
April	30.8 °C	21.5 °C	26.6 °C	41.5 °C	13.3 °C	30	18
May	34.0 °C	24.6 °C	29.8 °C	44.9 °C	18.4 °C	31	30
June	36.2 °C	26.3 °C	31.8 °C	47.3 °C	20.3 °C	30	30
July	36.0 °C	27.0 °C	32.1 °C	47.5 °C	22.3 °C	31	31
August	36.6 °C	27.8 °C	32.6 °C	47.6 °C	23.1 °C	31	31
September	36.0 °C	26.8 °C	31.9 °C	46.8 °C	21.9 °C	30	30
October	33.7 °C	24.7 °C	29.6 °C	42.3 °C	18.4 °C	31	30
November	30.2 °C	21.0 °C	25.9 °C	36.0 °C	14.3 °C	30	17
December	27.1 °C	18.0 °C	22.8 °C	33.8 °C	10.8 °C	25	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	9 mm	1	11 h/day	24 %	53 %	21 km/h	25.3 °C
February	4 mm	1	11 h/day	20 %	52 %	23 km/h	24.4 °C
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	19 %	52 %	25 km/h	24.5 °C
April	1 mm	0	13 h/day	17 %	53 %	25 km/h	25.5 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	17 %	50 %	26 km/h	27.1 °C
June	0 mm	0	14 h/day	5 %	46 %	29 km/h	28.1 °C
July	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	11 %	53 %	29 km/h	29.6 °C
August	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	13 %	55 %	29 km/h	30.3 °C
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	8 %	55 %	26 km/h	29.8 °C
October	2 mm	0	12 h/day	10 %	59 %	21 km/h	30.1 °C
November	16 mm	1	11 h/day	15 %	56 %	19 km/h	28.6 °C
December	11 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	53 %	19 km/h	26.8 °C

How Yanbu 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
Yanbu	37 °C	16 °C	44 mm	336
Madinah · Saudi Arabia	42 °C	9.0 °C	40 mm	316
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
Kom Ombo · Egypt	41 °C	9.1 °C	2 mm	298
Ha'il · Saudi Arabia	39 °C	4.2 °C	77 mm	236

Where Yanbu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Asia in March	1st of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in the world in March	1st of 50	99/100
The driest places in South America in April	1st of 50	1.0 mm
The driest places in South America in May	1st of 50	0.08 mm
The driest places in Asia in May	2nd of 50	0.08 mm
Best beach destinations in Asia in April	3rd of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Yanbu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Yanbu?

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

How hot does Yanbu get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 228 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 Yanbu?

November, averaging 16 mm over 1 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 44 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 Yanbu 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: 24.090°, 38.062° (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.