Al Bahah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Bahah?

Al Bahah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 630 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Al Bahah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 38.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Bahah?

The coldest day measured in Al Bahah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1957, at 1.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Bahah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Al Bahah warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Bahah?

The wettest day measured in Al Bahah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2005, with 248 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Bahah?

The windiest day measured in Al Bahah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2012, with winds reaching 30.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Bahah?

The warmest month in Al Bahah is June (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Bahah?

Al Bahah receives on average 630 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Bahah?

Al Bahah gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Al Bahah (Saudi Arabia) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 630 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 (26.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (15.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Al Bahah averages 0 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 126 rainy days per year.

Al Bahah has warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.44 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.6 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest 1.6 °C (on 25 January 1957).

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 BahahAl Bahah Region

coords: 20.01°, 41.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthNovember

Mean daily temperature

21.5°C

Average daily high

26.4°C

Average daily low

17.3°C

Annual rainfall

630mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

11.9km/h

Seasonal range

10.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

126 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.5 °C

Average feels-like low

16.6 °C

Average peak gust

37.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

114 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.7 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.86 · 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

38.6 °C

25 July 2019

Coldest day

1.6 °C

25 January 1957

Wettest day

248 mm

20 August 2005

Windiest day

30.0 km/h

25 February 2012

Strongest gust

103.7 km/h

25 March 2019

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

20 August 2015

Coldest feels-like

-2.7 °C

25 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.5 h

23 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.0 °C12 June 2025	6.5 °C19 December 2025	23.4 °C	442 mm	145
2024	36.9 °C11 July 2024	10.3 °C16 December 2024	23.1 °C	895 mm	111
2023	37.6 °C28 July 2023	9.1 °C17 December 2023	23.2 °C	468 mm	141
2022	37.8 °C14 June 2022	8.3 °C28 December 2022	23.0 °C	662 mm	143
2021	37.3 °C1 June 2021	7.6 °C12 January 2021	23.3 °C	501 mm	144
2020	36.6 °C28 June 2020	5.4 °C12 January 2020	22.8 °C	439 mm	144
2019	38.6 °C25 July 2019	7.4 °C20 February 2019	22.9 °C	625 mm	123
2018	37.0 °C6 June 2018	7.7 °C11 January 2018	22.9 °C	546 mm	139
2017	38.2 °C30 July 2017	9.0 °C21 December 2017	23.5 °C	536 mm	170
2016	36.5 °C17 July 2016	6.6 °C30 January 2016	22.9 °C	723 mm	141
2015	36.5 °C20 August 2015	7.3 °C20 January 2015	23.3 °C	643 mm	149
2014	37.0 °C1 July 2014	10.1 °C20 January 2014	22.7 °C	474 mm	131
2013	35.8 °C21 July 2013	8.7 °C25 December 2013	22.6 °C	465 mm	121
2012	36.5 °C15 July 2012	7.1 °C21 January 2012	23.0 °C	358 mm	138
2011	37.1 °C9 July 2011	7.6 °C30 November 2011	22.9 °C	370 mm	136
2010	38.1 °C21 June 2010	7.8 °C1 January 2010	23.2 °C	458 mm	147
2009	36.3 °C28 June 2009	8.6 °C16 January 2009	23.0 °C	656 mm	159
2008	35.9 °C3 July 2008	7.1 °C2 February 2008	22.7 °C	471 mm	139
2007	36.6 °C28 July 2007	7.0 °C4 January 2007	22.4 °C	547 mm	126
2006	36.2 °C24 June 2006	9.5 °C25 December 2006	22.4 °C	757 mm	122
2005	36.3 °C7 June 2005	8.6 °C13 January 2005	22.6 °C	1,212 mm	124
2004	36.0 °C23 August 2004	5.4 °C28 December 2004	22.5 °C	615 mm	146
2003	35.6 °C9 June 2003	8.6 °C7 January 2003	22.7 °C	518 mm	139
2002	37.0 °C2 July 2002	6.8 °C26 December 2002	22.7 °C	1,070 mm	152
2001	35.2 °C4 September 2001	5.9 °C11 January 2001	22.4 °C	882 mm	136
2000	36.7 °C4 July 2000	8.7 °C31 January 2000	22.6 °C	594 mm	135
1999	35.7 °C18 June 1999	7.7 °C23 December 1999	22.5 °C	633 mm	130
1998	36.5 °C12 June 1998	5.4 °C14 January 1998	22.4 °C	708 mm	142
1997	35.5 °C28 July 1997	4.5 °C26 January 1997	21.7 °C	541 mm	115
1996	36.7 °C1 August 1996	10.1 °C22 December 1996	21.9 °C	708 mm	108
1995	35.9 °C30 June 1995	8.2 °C14 March 1995	21.9 °C	703 mm	90
1994	36.6 °C14 August 1994	8.9 °C4 January 1994	22.0 °C	431 mm	80
1993	35.8 °C2 August 1993	2.9 °C6 February 1993	21.7 °C	529 mm	109
1992	35.7 °C12 June 1992	4.0 °C5 January 1992	20.8 °C	740 mm	70
1991	35.3 °C23 June 1991	7.2 °C28 January 1991	22.1 °C	419 mm	127
1990	35.6 °C10 June 1990	7.5 °C19 January 1990	22.3 °C	340 mm	134
1989	37.8 °C13 July 1989	6.5 °C19 January 1989	21.6 °C	602 mm	118
1988	35.1 °C19 June 1988	7.6 °C20 January 1988	22.2 °C	516 mm	104
1987	36.2 °C23 July 1987	7.6 °C17 January 1987	22.2 °C	561 mm	128
1986	35.2 °C17 July 1986	6.1 °C7 December 1986	21.4 °C	561 mm	84
1985	34.4 °C27 June 1985	7.7 °C31 December 1985	21.5 °C	657 mm	88
1984	34.9 °C9 June 1984	8.2 °C5 January 1984	21.8 °C	303 mm	103
1983	36.1 °C13 July 1983	6.5 °C29 December 1983	21.1 °C	573 mm	103
1982	34.7 °C21 July 1982	6.7 °C13 January 1982	20.7 °C	744 mm	83
1981	35.0 °C1 July 1981	6.7 °C12 February 1981	21.7 °C	449 mm	91
1980	34.6 °C11 June 1980	8.1 °C12 February 1980	21.7 °C	474 mm	92
1979	34.9 °C10 June 1979	6.8 °C11 January 1979	21.4 °C	844 mm	71
1978	34.6 °C19 June 1978	7.0 °C22 February 1978	21.3 °C	494 mm	63
1977	35.1 °C9 August 1977	7.4 °C8 February 1977	21.1 °C	576 mm	66
1976	34.2 °C26 June 1976	7.5 °C12 January 1976	20.8 °C	543 mm	55
1975	34.5 °C27 July 1975	7.7 °C14 January 1975	20.6 °C	736 mm	48
1974	32.7 °C18 June 1974	5.3 °C25 January 1974	20.3 °C	768 mm	26
1973	35.3 °C5 June 1973	2.5 °C4 January 1973	21.6 °C	820 mm	63
1972	33.4 °C25 July 1972	7.5 °C5 February 1972	20.5 °C	982 mm	51
1971	34.8 °C6 July 1971	3.6 °C14 February 1971	20.2 °C	603 mm	38
1970	34.2 °C6 June 1970	5.4 °C15 December 1970	21.3 °C	364 mm	73
1969	33.0 °C1 June 1969	6.5 °C31 January 1969	21.0 °C	605 mm	48
1968	33.2 °C1 July 1968	3.9 °C3 February 1968	20.2 °C	735 mm	27
1967	35.4 °C17 July 1967	6.9 °C6 February 1967	20.6 °C	325 mm	53
1966	35.2 °C12 July 1966	8.5 °C5 February 1966	21.1 °C	458 mm	79
1965	35.3 °C12 August 1965	6.4 °C10 January 1965	20.7 °C	655 mm	84
1964	34.1 °C4 June 1964	6.9 °C20 January 1964	20.7 °C	748 mm	78
1963	35.7 °C20 July 1963	5.9 °C27 December 1963	21.0 °C	405 mm	94
1962	35.5 °C2 June 1962	8.1 °C17 January 1962	21.0 °C	635 mm	74
1961	35.1 °C8 June 1961	8.3 °C29 December 1961	20.7 °C	451 mm	54
1960	34.6 °C27 June 1960	5.0 °C31 January 1960	21.0 °C	415 mm	62
1959	33.8 °C24 June 1959	4.8 °C22 January 1959	20.6 °C	457 mm	42
1958	33.1 °C12 June 1958	6.5 °C27 January 1958	21.2 °C	533 mm	62
1957	34.3 °C19 June 1957	1.6 °C25 January 1957	20.4 °C	633 mm	66
1956	33.1 °C19 June 1956	6.1 °C22 January 1956	20.6 °C	495 mm	41
1955	33.2 °C27 May 1955	7.4 °C19 December 1955	20.5 °C	544 mm	52
1954	34.2 °C1 June 1954	7.1 °C31 December 1954	20.1 °C	735 mm	32
1953	33.2 °C17 June 1953	5.2 °C23 December 1953	19.4 °C	970 mm	16
1952	31.9 °C1 June 1952	5.8 °C18 January 1952	19.7 °C	898 mm	14
1951	33.5 °C11 July 1951	4.1 °C25 December 1951	19.7 °C	1,109 mm	24
1950	32.5 °C29 May 1950	4.4 °C18 January 1950	18.6 °C	1,321 mm	10
1949	32.4 °C29 June 1949	4.8 °C20 February 1949	19.3 °C	903 mm	27
1948	33.9 °C4 August 1948	5.0 °C10 March 1948	19.7 °C	711 mm	35
1947	34.0 °C4 July 1947	6.4 °C19 February 1947	19.5 °C	922 mm	30
1946	33.0 °C25 May 1946	3.9 °C12 January 1946	20.3 °C	519 mm	41
1945	32.9 °C5 July 1945	6.9 °C17 January 1945	20.2 °C	826 mm	41
1944	36.8 °C3 July 1944	8.1 °C19 December 1944	20.7 °C	469 mm	65
1943	31.8 °C16 May 1943	5.6 °C2 February 1943	19.3 °C	1,296 mm	9
1942	34.6 °C22 May 1942	7.4 °C24 February 1942	20.4 °C	629 mm	50
1941	33.9 °C2 June 1941	7.7 °C7 January 1941	20.5 °C	448 mm	49
1940	34.5 °C21 August 1940	5.2 °C16 January 1940	20.2 °C	490 mm	61

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.2 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

145 d/yr

+56

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

442 mm

-188 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.8 °C	+1.3 °C	13 mm	-21 mm
Feb	23.6 °C	+1.7 °C	7 mm	-22 mm
Mar	25.0 °C	+0.9 °C	34 mm	-5 mm
Apr	29.6 °C	+3.0 °C	7 mm	-33 mm
May	32.5 °C	+3.0 °C	20 mm	-33 mm
Jun	34.6 °C	+2.7 °C	4 mm	-33 mm
Jul	33.0 °C	+2.6 °C	5 mm	-41 mm
Aug	30.6 °C	+1.0 °C	224 mm	+97 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+1.9 °C	95 mm	-43 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+1.8 °C	12 mm	-25 mm
Nov	25.4 °C	+1.6 °C	8 mm	-12 mm
Dec	21.8 °C	+0.3 °C	12 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.0 °C

12 Jun 2025

Coldest day

6.5 °C

19 Dec 2025

Wettest day

50.8 mm

23 Aug 2025

Windiest day

29.5 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

87.8 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

14 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

2.7 °C

19 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

29 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Bahah?

Al Bahah has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 630 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Bahah?

The hottest day measured in Al Bahah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 38.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Bahah?

The coldest day measured in Al Bahah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1957, at 1.6 °C.

Does it snow in Al Bahah?

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

Has the climate of Al Bahah warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Al Bahah?

The wettest day measured in Al Bahah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 2005, with 248 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Bahah?

The windiest day measured in Al Bahah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2012, with winds reaching 30.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Bahah?

The warmest month in Al Bahah is June (26.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (15.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Bahah?

Al Bahah receives on average 630 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 126 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Bahah?

Al Bahah gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Al Bahah?

Yes: Al Bahah has on average 114 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Bahah?

In Al Bahah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 20 August 2015, and the lowest was -2.7 °C on 25 January 1957.

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