Abhā climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Abhā?

Abhā has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 847 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abhā?

The hottest day measured in Abhā between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2022, reaching 35.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Abhā?

The coldest day measured in Abhā between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1963, at 4.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Abhā?

Almost never: Abhā sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Abhā warmed?

Yes: Abhā warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Abhā?

The wettest day measured in Abhā between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1996, with 264 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Abhā?

The windiest day measured in Abhā between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1971, with winds reaching 27.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Abhā?

The warmest month in Abhā is June (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Abhā?

Abhā receives on average 847 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Abhā?

Abhā gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Abhā (Saudi Arabia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 847 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is June (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Abhā averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 156 rainy days per year.

Abhā has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.1 °C (on 14 June 2022) and the coldest 4.0 °C (on 25 December 1963).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Abhā'Asir Region

coords: 18.22°, 42.51°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthDecember

Mean daily temperature

19.7°C

Average daily high

24.5°C

Average daily low

15.7°C

Annual rainfall

847mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

10.5km/h

Seasonal range

8.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

26 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

156 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.8 °C

Average feels-like low

14.9 °C

Average peak gust

34.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

40 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.4 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.89 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

35.1 °C

14 June 2022

Coldest day

4.0 °C

25 December 1963

Wettest day

264 mm

4 September 1996

Windiest day

27.5 km/h

13 February 1971

Strongest gust

81.7 km/h

17 March 2002

Hottest feels-like

35.2 °C

16 July 2016

Coldest feels-like

-0.3 °C

19 January 1987

Sunniest day

12.2 h

16 May 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.3 °C14 June 2025	8.2 °C20 December 2025	21.7 °C	526 mm	88
2024	33.8 °C6 June 2024	9.4 °C9 January 2024	21.3 °C	897 mm	54
2023	34.8 °C28 July 2023	7.5 °C18 December 2023	21.2 °C	669 mm	65
2022	35.1 °C14 June 2022	8.7 °C19 December 2022	21.0 °C	625 mm	62
2021	34.6 °C8 June 2021	8.3 °C12 January 2021	21.1 °C	956 mm	61
2020	33.4 °C15 July 2020	5.5 °C12 January 2020	20.8 °C	628 mm	44
2019	33.5 °C21 July 2019	8.9 °C20 February 2019	21.1 °C	814 mm	63
2018	32.9 °C20 June 2018	6.2 °C12 January 2018	21.0 °C	761 mm	51
2017	34.8 °C29 July 2017	6.9 °C21 December 2017	21.5 °C	729 mm	83
2016	34.1 °C11 June 2016	8.9 °C29 January 2016	21.0 °C	792 mm	65
2015	34.1 °C17 July 2015	7.9 °C20 January 2015	21.3 °C	705 mm	82
2014	33.9 °C6 July 2014	9.3 °C2 January 2014	20.9 °C	674 mm	48
2013	32.8 °C28 June 2013	9.2 °C26 December 2013	20.9 °C	674 mm	43
2012	33.6 °C1 June 2012	7.2 °C24 January 2012	21.1 °C	515 mm	68
2011	33.4 °C8 July 2011	7.9 °C30 November 2011	21.0 °C	609 mm	57
2010	34.9 °C21 June 2010	6.3 °C10 January 2010	21.1 °C	768 mm	63
2009	33.3 °C31 July 2009	9.8 °C8 January 2009	21.3 °C	697 mm	75
2008	33.1 °C1 July 2008	8.3 °C7 December 2008	20.9 °C	614 mm	53
2007	32.8 °C24 May 2007	9.7 °C3 January 2007	20.9 °C	774 mm	38
2006	32.8 °C1 July 2006	9.8 °C1 January 2006	20.8 °C	817 mm	57
2005	32.5 °C6 June 2005	8.1 °C1 January 2005	20.8 °C	782 mm	37
2004	33.6 °C22 May 2004	5.6 °C30 December 2004	20.8 °C	924 mm	58
2003	32.8 °C10 July 2003	7.5 °C7 January 2003	20.9 °C	962 mm	48
2002	32.8 °C2 July 2002	10.0 °C30 December 2002	20.9 °C	1,173 mm	67
2001	32.7 °C24 June 2001	6.2 °C11 January 2001	20.7 °C	987 mm	54
2000	32.8 °C21 June 2000	9.9 °C26 December 2000	20.5 °C	999 mm	47
1999	31.6 °C2 June 1999	6.8 °C23 December 1999	20.6 °C	1,137 mm	41
1998	33.5 °C7 June 1998	6.5 °C14 January 1998	20.7 °C	1,371 mm	49
1997	32.2 °C26 July 1997	7.0 °C26 January 1997	20.0 °C	788 mm	21
1996	31.2 °C9 July 1996	8.9 °C11 November 1996	20.1 °C	2,140 mm	17
1995	32.4 °C30 June 1995	7.8 °C14 March 1995	20.0 °C	931 mm	18
1994	31.2 °C28 May 1994	8.4 °C20 January 1994	20.2 °C	537 mm	15
1993	31.6 °C26 July 1993	4.2 °C7 February 1993	19.8 °C	814 mm	22
1992	32.7 °C19 June 1992	4.9 °C13 January 1992	19.3 °C	743 mm	26
1991	31.7 °C4 August 1991	8.1 °C28 January 1991	20.4 °C	495 mm	48
1990	33.4 °C10 June 1990	8.9 °C18 November 1990	20.4 °C	585 mm	53
1989	33.1 °C28 July 1989	8.1 °C29 January 1989	19.9 °C	710 mm	31
1988	32.8 °C4 June 1988	8.2 °C4 December 1988	20.3 °C	1,164 mm	29
1987	31.3 °C10 July 1987	4.7 °C19 January 1987	20.2 °C	877 mm	17
1986	31.5 °C15 July 1986	6.9 °C4 January 1986	19.9 °C	702 mm	20
1985	31.5 °C15 July 1985	6.4 °C20 February 1985	19.5 °C	1,052 mm	5
1984	31.3 °C23 July 1984	7.3 °C2 January 1984	19.9 °C	512 mm	9
1983	32.0 °C15 June 1983	6.3 °C29 December 1983	19.3 °C	818 mm	11
1982	30.4 °C11 June 1982	8.2 °C16 December 1982	19.2 °C	740 mm	3
1981	33.0 °C1 June 1981	7.7 °C15 December 1981	19.9 °C	570 mm	26
1980	31.2 °C13 June 1980	5.7 °C5 December 1980	19.9 °C	844 mm	24
1979	31.4 °C21 July 1979	6.6 °C22 November 1979	19.7 °C	821 mm	16
1978	31.2 °C22 June 1978	6.1 °C21 December 1978	19.4 °C	703 mm	17
1977	32.0 °C20 July 1977	6.6 °C3 February 1977	19.3 °C	944 mm	11
1976	29.9 °C5 August 1976	9.5 °C14 January 1976	19.2 °C	724 mm	0
1975	32.0 °C20 July 1975	8.1 °C14 January 1975	19.1 °C	916 mm	10
1974	29.8 °C22 May 1974	7.2 °C25 January 1974	18.7 °C	956 mm	0
1973	32.0 °C5 June 1973	7.0 °C4 January 1973	19.8 °C	914 mm	15
1972	30.4 °C15 July 1972	6.7 °C6 February 1972	18.9 °C	875 mm	4
1971	31.9 °C6 July 1971	4.7 °C25 December 1971	18.5 °C	980 mm	7
1970	32.6 °C31 May 1970	5.7 °C12 January 1970	19.4 °C	696 mm	15
1969	32.0 °C4 June 1969	8.1 °C31 January 1969	19.4 °C	733 mm	6
1968	29.7 °C7 July 1968	6.1 °C3 February 1968	18.5 °C	863 mm	0
1967	30.2 °C17 July 1967	7.1 °C14 January 1967	18.7 °C	661 mm	1
1966	30.7 °C11 July 1966	7.6 °C7 December 1966	19.4 °C	816 mm	5
1965	31.9 °C3 June 1965	5.5 °C7 January 1965	19.1 °C	728 mm	16
1964	31.4 °C3 June 1964	8.2 °C30 December 1964	19.0 °C	860 mm	8
1963	31.0 °C9 June 1963	4.0 °C25 December 1963	19.1 °C	679 mm	13
1962	31.5 °C2 June 1962	8.4 °C5 January 1962	19.2 °C	900 mm	11
1961	31.6 °C14 May 1961	9.3 °C18 February 1961	19.1 °C	509 mm	9
1960	30.6 °C22 July 1960	6.5 °C31 January 1960	19.0 °C	773 mm	6
1959	30.9 °C16 June 1959	4.3 °C23 January 1959	18.8 °C	758 mm	2
1958	31.0 °C16 May 1958	8.7 °C6 February 1958	19.3 °C	777 mm	10
1957	31.9 °C19 June 1957	4.1 °C25 January 1957	18.8 °C	1,039 mm	11
1956	30.2 °C13 May 1956	7.6 °C21 November 1956	19.0 °C	648 mm	2
1955	30.5 °C28 May 1955	7.4 °C16 December 1955	18.5 °C	1,069 mm	1
1954	30.4 °C30 May 1954	7.8 °C5 January 1954	18.6 °C	1,050 mm	2
1953	28.2 °C20 June 1953	7.7 °C21 December 1953	18.0 °C	1,265 mm	0
1952	28.9 °C23 July 1952	7.7 °C8 December 1952	18.4 °C	1,116 mm	0
1951	29.9 °C6 July 1951	8.0 °C28 January 1951	18.2 °C	1,258 mm	0
1950	29.1 °C29 May 1950	6.9 °C18 January 1950	17.4 °C	1,551 mm	0
1949	29.3 °C29 June 1949	6.8 °C8 January 1949	17.9 °C	1,220 mm	0
1948	30.6 °C18 July 1948	5.6 °C20 January 1948	18.4 °C	842 mm	2
1947	30.9 °C3 July 1947	6.7 °C7 December 1947	18.1 °C	1,084 mm	2
1946	30.3 °C2 June 1946	6.4 °C13 January 1946	18.8 °C	635 mm	2
1945	29.9 °C15 July 1945	7.6 °C18 January 1945	18.7 °C	710 mm	0
1944	30.4 °C3 July 1944	9.1 °C19 December 1944	18.9 °C	698 mm	5
1943	30.2 °C21 May 1943	6.6 °C3 February 1943	18.0 °C	1,173 mm	1
1942	31.8 °C24 May 1942	7.6 °C5 January 1942	18.7 °C	929 mm	6
1941	31.0 °C2 June 1941	6.0 °C7 January 1941	18.8 °C	638 mm	4
1940	30.9 °C21 August 1940	6.4 °C16 January 1940	18.5 °C	720 mm	7

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.3 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

88 d/yr

+62

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

526 mm

-321 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	20.9 °C	+0.9 °C	5 mm	-15 mm
Feb	22.9 °C	+1.6 °C	4 mm	-18 mm
Mar	23.8 °C	+0.5 °C	39 mm	+6 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	+3.0 °C	13 mm	-44 mm
May	30.0 °C	+3.2 °C	49 mm	-49 mm
Jun	32.0 °C	+3.1 °C	13 mm	-67 mm
Jul	31.3 °C	+3.2 °C	12 mm	-77 mm
Aug	28.3 °C	+1.3 °C	220 mm	+18 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+1.5 °C	128 mm	-42 mm
Oct	26.1 °C	+1.5 °C	18 mm	-20 mm
Nov	23.4 °C	+1.4 °C	15 mm	-8 mm
Dec	20.7 °C	+0.2 °C	10 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.3 °C

14 Jun 2025

Coldest day

8.2 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

21.3 mm

10 Aug 2025

Windiest day

19.5 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

28 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.9 °C

14 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.2 °C

31 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

16 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Abhā?

Abhā has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 847 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abhā?

The hottest day measured in Abhā between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2022, reaching 35.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Abhā?

The coldest day measured in Abhā between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1963, at 4.0 °C.

Does it snow in Abhā?

Almost never: Abhā sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Abhā warmed?

Yes: Abhā warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Abhā?

The wettest day measured in Abhā between 1940 and 2025 was 4 September 1996, with 264 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Abhā?

The windiest day measured in Abhā between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1971, with winds reaching 27.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Abhā?

The warmest month in Abhā is June (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Abhā?

Abhā receives on average 847 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 156 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Abhā?

Abhā gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Abhā?

Yes: Abhā has on average 40 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Abhā?

In Abhā, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 16 July 2016, and the lowest was -0.3 °C on 19 January 1987.

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