Al ‘Aqīq climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al ‘Aqīq?

Al ‘Aqīq has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 57 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al ‘Aqīq?

The hottest day measured in Al ‘Aqīq between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2017, reaching 42.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al ‘Aqīq?

The coldest day measured in Al ‘Aqīq between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1973, at -2.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al ‘Aqīq?

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

Q: Has the climate of Al ‘Aqīq warmed?

Yes: Al ‘Aqīq warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al ‘Aqīq?

The wettest day measured in Al ‘Aqīq between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1964, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al ‘Aqīq?

The windiest day measured in Al ‘Aqīq between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2005, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al ‘Aqīq?

The warmest month in Al ‘Aqīq is June (30.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al ‘Aqīq?

Al ‘Aqīq receives on average 57 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al ‘Aqīq?

Al ‘Aqīq gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al ‘Aqīq (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 57 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 (30.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Al ‘Aqīq averages 0 frost days, 210 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 14 rainy days per year.

Al ‘Aqīq has warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.43 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.3 °C (on 24 July 2017) and the coldest -2.0 °C (on 4 January 1973).

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

Al ‘AqīqAl Bahah Region

coords: 20.65°, 41.42°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

24.2°C

Average daily high

31.1°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

57mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

36%

Average peak wind

22.3km/h

Seasonal range

13.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

210 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

14 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.8 °C

Average feels-like low

14.5 °C

Average peak gust

39.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

123 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.7 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.88 · 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

42.3 °C

24 July 2017

Coldest day

-2.0 °C

4 January 1973

Wettest day

38 mm

12 December 1964

Windiest day

52.1 km/h

22 January 2005

Strongest gust

85.7 km/h

22 January 2005

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

23 August 2020

Coldest feels-like

-7.2 °C

4 January 1973

Sunniest day

12.7 h

27 June 1944

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	41.4 °C15 June 2025	2.9 °C20 December 2025	25.7 °C	22 mm	220	0
2024	41.6 °C7 June 2024	8.4 °C10 January 2024	26.2 °C	58 mm	229	0
2023	41.3 °C16 August 2023	5.6 °C18 December 2023	25.7 °C	69 mm	221	0
2022	41.7 °C22 July 2022	5.5 °C3 January 2022	26.0 °C	35 mm	256	0
2021	41.8 °C28 July 2021	6.9 °C12 January 2021	26.2 °C	22 mm	246	0
2020	40.9 °C29 June 2020	3.0 °C12 January 2020	25.5 °C	27 mm	237	0
2019	41.5 °C28 June 2019	5.0 °C20 February 2019	25.8 °C	46 mm	237	0
2018	41.1 °C5 July 2018	4.6 °C10 January 2018	25.5 °C	69 mm	233	0
2017	42.3 °C24 July 2017	6.2 °C12 December 2017	26.0 °C	57 mm	239	0
2016	41.7 °C23 July 2016	4.5 °C30 January 2016	25.9 °C	101 mm	248	0
2015	40.4 °C18 August 2015	3.6 °C20 January 2015	26.1 °C	53 mm	260	0
2014	40.4 °C30 August 2014	6.7 °C17 February 2014	25.5 °C	20 mm	237	0
2013	40.5 °C18 July 2013	7.0 °C12 January 2013	25.3 °C	24 mm	249	0
2012	41.3 °C16 July 2012	3.9 °C24 January 2012	25.6 °C	40 mm	227	0
2011	41.7 °C17 July 2011	5.9 °C30 November 2011	25.3 °C	31 mm	236	0
2010	41.0 °C8 July 2010	5.0 °C6 December 2010	25.7 °C	36 mm	240	0
2009	40.2 °C21 June 2009	5.7 °C2 March 2009	25.7 °C	34 mm	250	0
2008	39.8 °C22 July 2008	4.7 °C17 January 2008	25.3 °C	23 mm	233	0
2007	40.7 °C29 July 2007	5.9 °C4 January 2007	25.3 °C	23 mm	235	0
2006	40.3 °C7 August 2006	6.5 °C31 December 2006	25.1 °C	71 mm	226	0
2005	41.1 °C19 July 2005	2.4 °C1 January 2005	25.3 °C	61 mm	241	0
2004	40.9 °C9 July 2004	1.2 °C29 December 2004	25.3 °C	44 mm	235	0
2003	41.1 °C15 August 2003	5.1 °C8 January 2003	25.6 °C	48 mm	245	0
2002	40.6 °C5 July 2002	4.7 °C12 January 2002	25.4 °C	46 mm	241	0
2001	41.2 °C5 August 2001	3.9 °C10 January 2001	25.1 °C	42 mm	235	0
2000	41.1 °C2 August 2000	5.9 °C11 December 2000	25.6 °C	15 mm	242	0
1999	40.8 °C11 July 1999	3.9 °C21 December 1999	25.4 °C	52 mm	255	0
1998	41.3 °C18 July 1998	4.0 °C14 January 1998	25.1 °C	95 mm	238	0
1997	40.3 °C14 June 1997	1.0 °C26 January 1997	24.4 °C	85 mm	205	0
1996	40.4 °C3 August 1996	5.3 °C18 January 1996	24.9 °C	68 mm	224	0
1995	40.2 °C15 August 1995	7.4 °C14 March 1995	24.8 °C	50 mm	226	0
1994	40.9 °C15 August 1994	5.2 °C21 January 1994	24.7 °C	30 mm	218	0
1993	39.7 °C22 July 1993	0.9 °C5 February 1993	24.5 °C	51 mm	201	0
1992	39.0 °C13 June 1992	2.3 °C13 January 1992	23.5 °C	66 mm	201	0
1991	39.8 °C5 July 1991	2.3 °C7 March 1991	24.7 °C	43 mm	207	0
1990	39.3 °C18 August 1990	5.5 °C19 January 1990	24.6 °C	39 mm	214	0
1989	40.4 °C13 July 1989	4.8 °C7 January 1989	24.2 °C	85 mm	210	0
1988	41.2 °C14 July 1988	5.4 °C19 January 1988	24.9 °C	38 mm	229	0
1987	40.9 °C26 July 1987	3.4 °C21 January 1987	25.0 °C	49 mm	219	0
1986	39.7 °C4 August 1986	4.0 °C6 January 1986	24.2 °C	64 mm	209	0
1985	39.7 °C27 July 1985	5.9 °C31 December 1985	24.1 °C	83 mm	211	0
1984	38.4 °C26 July 1984	5.5 °C6 January 1984	24.2 °C	24 mm	225	0
1983	40.1 °C13 July 1983	3.0 °C25 January 1983	23.8 °C	88 mm	184	0
1982	39.5 °C22 August 1982	4.4 °C14 February 1982	23.5 °C	85 mm	192	0
1981	39.8 °C11 August 1981	3.0 °C12 February 1981	24.4 °C	58 mm	211	0
1980	39.6 °C7 August 1980	3.9 °C12 February 1980	24.7 °C	28 mm	229	0
1979	40.0 °C28 July 1979	5.5 °C11 January 1979	24.3 °C	76 mm	226	0
1978	38.9 °C14 June 1978	4.1 °C21 December 1978	24.0 °C	49 mm	206	0
1977	40.1 °C16 August 1977	5.0 °C11 January 1977	23.8 °C	48 mm	205	0
1976	39.0 °C20 June 1976	7.0 °C2 January 1976	23.7 °C	64 mm	194	0
1975	39.8 °C28 July 1975	6.4 °C15 January 1975	23.5 °C	93 mm	187	0
1974	38.6 °C23 June 1974	3.9 °C25 January 1974	23.4 °C	56 mm	194	0
1973	39.5 °C3 September 1973	-2.0 °C4 January 1973	24.2 °C	73 mm	222	1
1972	38.9 °C7 August 1972	3.8 °C4 February 1972	23.4 °C	78 mm	180	0
1971	38.2 °C15 July 1971	1.5 °C25 December 1971	22.7 °C	43 mm	166	0
1970	38.3 °C10 June 1970	3.5 °C15 December 1970	23.8 °C	32 mm	197	0
1969	38.4 °C16 June 1969	3.2 °C25 January 1969	24.0 °C	30 mm	201	0
1968	38.5 °C1 August 1968	2.9 °C3 February 1968	23.0 °C	77 mm	171	0
1967	39.2 °C18 July 1967	5.0 °C6 February 1967	22.7 °C	71 mm	166	0
1966	38.8 °C12 July 1966	5.4 °C5 February 1966	23.5 °C	31 mm	190	0
1965	38.1 °C27 July 1965	3.5 °C11 January 1965	23.2 °C	36 mm	184	0
1964	39.0 °C16 July 1964	4.2 °C21 January 1964	22.9 °C	165 mm	190	0
1963	38.7 °C29 August 1963	2.4 °C27 December 1963	23.3 °C	78 mm	184	0
1962	38.6 °C29 July 1962	6.2 °C5 January 1962	23.7 °C	40 mm	205	0
1961	37.4 °C3 September 1961	7.0 °C30 December 1961	23.2 °C	121 mm	168	0
1960	38.4 °C20 July 1960	3.8 °C31 January 1960	23.7 °C	61 mm	170	0
1959	37.8 °C25 June 1959	1.1 °C23 January 1959	23.0 °C	53 mm	194	0
1958	38.3 °C26 August 1958	5.4 °C16 January 1958	24.2 °C	57 mm	211	0
1957	37.6 °C30 July 1957	-0.2 °C25 January 1957	22.9 °C	59 mm	175	1
1956	37.5 °C25 July 1956	4.1 °C2 January 1956	22.9 °C	23 mm	188	0
1955	37.8 °C30 June 1955	6.1 °C27 February 1955	23.4 °C	51 mm	203	0
1954	38.1 °C26 August 1954	5.2 °C31 December 1954	23.2 °C	36 mm	193	0
1953	38.6 °C20 July 1953	2.5 °C22 December 1953	22.7 °C	68 mm	185	0
1952	38.3 °C26 August 1952	1.7 °C18 January 1952	22.9 °C	122 mm	178	0
1951	38.6 °C14 July 1951	3.3 °C25 December 1951	23.1 °C	79 mm	189	0
1950	37.3 °C8 June 1950	1.8 °C19 January 1950	22.0 °C	138 mm	170	0
1949	37.9 °C15 June 1949	1.7 °C20 February 1949	22.2 °C	71 mm	172	0
1948	39.6 °C14 July 1948	3.1 °C20 January 1948	22.7 °C	56 mm	176	0
1947	38.5 °C6 July 1947	5.4 °C19 February 1947	22.6 °C	152 mm	186	0
1946	37.4 °C3 June 1946	1.6 °C12 January 1946	22.9 °C	20 mm	213	0
1945	38.4 °C24 June 1945	4.3 °C17 January 1945	23.1 °C	48 mm	200	0
1944	39.0 °C3 July 1944	3.7 °C1 February 1944	23.1 °C	67 mm	201	0
1943	37.9 °C28 August 1943	3.2 °C5 February 1943	22.6 °C	49 mm	179	0
1942	37.4 °C24 May 1942	4.5 °C11 December 1942	23.1 °C	55 mm	198	0
1941	38.3 °C16 July 1941	3.8 °C8 January 1941	23.0 °C	18 mm	194	0
1940	38.1 °C20 June 1940	1.8 °C16 January 1940	22.4 °C	58 mm	173	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.4 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

220 d/yr

+10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

23 mm

-35 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.6 °C	+0.2 °C	4 mm	-2 mm
Feb	28.1 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Mar	29.3 °C	+0.7 °C	6 mm	-4 mm
Apr	34.3 °C	+3.3 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
May	36.7 °C	+2.4 °C	5 mm	-4 mm
Jun	38.9 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	37.5 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Aug	38.1 °C	+1.3 °C	3 mm	+0 mm
Sep	37.0 °C	+1.5 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	0.0 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Dec	25.2 °C	+0.3 °C	2 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.4 °C

15 Jun 2025

Coldest day

2.9 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

1.9 mm

3 May 2025

Windiest day

50.7 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

83.5 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

26 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

-1.2 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

14 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al ‘Aqīq?

Al ‘Aqīq has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 57 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al ‘Aqīq?

The hottest day measured in Al ‘Aqīq between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2017, reaching 42.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al ‘Aqīq?

The coldest day measured in Al ‘Aqīq between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1973, at -2.0 °C.

Does it snow in Al ‘Aqīq?

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

Has the climate of Al ‘Aqīq warmed?

Yes: Al ‘Aqīq warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al ‘Aqīq?

The wettest day measured in Al ‘Aqīq between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1964, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al ‘Aqīq?

The windiest day measured in Al ‘Aqīq between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 2005, with winds reaching 52.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al ‘Aqīq?

The warmest month in Al ‘Aqīq is June (30.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Al ‘Aqīq?

Al ‘Aqīq receives on average 57 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 14 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al ‘Aqīq?

Al ‘Aqīq gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Al ‘Aqīq?

Yes: Al ‘Aqīq has on average 123 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al ‘Aqīq?

In Al ‘Aqīq, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.6 °C on 23 August 2020, and the lowest was -7.2 °C on 4 January 1973.

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