Al Baţţālīyah climate — normals and trends
Al Baţţālīyah (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 58 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 July (36.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Al Baţţālīyah averages 0 frost days, 229 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 11 rainy days per year.
Al Baţţālīyah has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 49.9 °C (on 27 July 1987) and the coldest -3.2 °C (on 20 January 1964).
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 BaţţālīyahEastern Province
- coords
- 25.43°, 49.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.2°C
Average daily high
33.6°C
Average daily low
19.4°C
Annual rainfall
58mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
39%
Average peak wind
21.5km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
229 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
11 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
31.3 °C
Average feels-like low
17.1 °C
Average peak gust
35.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
185 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.6 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · p = < 0.001
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
49.9 °C
27 July 1987
Coldest day
-3.2 °C
20 January 1964
Wettest day
47 mm
16 December 1964
Windiest day
52.6 km/h
25 June 1967
Strongest gust
77.8 km/h
25 June 1967
Hottest feels-like
51.6 °C
2 August 2020
Coldest feels-like
-11.3 °C
20 January 1964
Sunniest day
13.0 h
12 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 2 mm | -9 mm |
| Feb | 21.6 °C | -1.3 °C | 8 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 27.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 8 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 37.5 °C | +3.7 °C | 0 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 41.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 43.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 44.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 44.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 41.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 35.2 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Nov | 29.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 23.5 °C | +1.5 °C | 25 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Al Baţţālīyah?
Al Baţţālīyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.2 °C and it receives 58 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Baţţālīyah?
The hottest day measured in Al Baţţālīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1987, reaching 49.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Al Baţţālīyah?
The coldest day measured in Al Baţţālīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, at -3.2 °C.
Does it snow in Al Baţţālīyah?
Almost never: Al Baţţālīyah sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Al Baţţālīyah warmed?
Yes: Al Baţţālīyah warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Al Baţţālīyah?
The wettest day measured in Al Baţţālīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1964, with 47 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Al Baţţālīyah?
The windiest day measured in Al Baţţālīyah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1967, with winds reaching 52.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Al Baţţālīyah?
The warmest month in Al Baţţālīyah is July (36.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Al Baţţālīyah?
Al Baţţālīyah receives on average 58 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 11 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Al Baţţālīyah?
Al Baţţālīyah 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 Baţţālīyah?
Yes: Al Baţţālīyah has on average 185 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Baţţālīyah?
In Al Baţţālīyah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 51.6 °C on 2 August 2020, and the lowest was -11.3 °C on 20 January 1964.
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