Al Līth climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Al Līth?

Al Līth has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.2 °C and it receives 128 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Al Līth between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2022, reaching 44.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Al Līth?

The coldest day measured in Al Līth between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at 13.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Al Līth?

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

Q: Has the climate of Al Līth warmed?

Yes: Al Līth warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Al Līth?

The wettest day measured in Al Līth between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1947, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Al Līth?

The windiest day measured in Al Līth between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1965, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Al Līth?

The warmest month in Al Līth is June (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Al Līth?

Al Līth receives on average 128 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 20 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Al Līth?

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

Al Līth (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 29.2 °C and it receives 128 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 (32.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Al Līth averages 0 frost days, 267 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 20 rainy days per year.

Al Līth has warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.31 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.4 °C (on 14 June 2022) and the coldest 13.6 °C (on 16 January 1940).

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 LīthMecca Region

coords: 20.15°, 40.27°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

29.2°C

Average daily high

32.6°C

Average daily low

25.8°C

Annual rainfall

128mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

21.2km/h

Seasonal range

8.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

267 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

20 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.5 °C

Average feels-like low

28.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

349 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.6 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · 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

44.4 °C

14 June 2022

Coldest day

13.6 °C

16 January 1940

Wettest day

140 mm

30 November 1947

Windiest day

50.2 km/h

8 June 1965

Strongest gust

81.0 km/h

8 June 1965

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

14 June 2022

Coldest feels-like

10.2 °C

9 February 1949

Sunniest day

12.8 h

24 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.6 °C15 May 2025	17.7 °C31 December 2025	30.7 °C	35 mm	289
2024	43.3 °C30 May 2024	19.6 °C2 February 2024	30.9 °C	111 mm	312
2023	42.3 °C28 July 2023	19.5 °C22 March 2023	30.8 °C	110 mm	302
2022	44.4 °C14 June 2022	16.9 °C4 January 2022	30.3 °C	101 mm	298
2021	40.4 °C9 August 2021	17.8 °C7 February 2021	30.4 °C	30 mm	299
2020	42.3 °C11 June 2020	16.8 °C13 January 2020	30.1 °C	70 mm	282
2019	42.5 °C12 June 2019	18.4 °C7 March 2019	30.6 °C	43 mm	300
2018	41.5 °C7 June 2018	20.1 °C7 January 2018	30.5 °C	55 mm	302
2017	42.0 °C2 June 2017	17.9 °C18 February 2017	30.7 °C	17 mm	309
2016	42.3 °C17 July 2016	16.4 °C29 January 2016	30.8 °C	59 mm	318
2015	41.6 °C9 July 2015	16.5 °C12 January 2015	30.5 °C	109 mm	291
2014	42.1 °C7 July 2014	18.1 °C11 January 2014	30.2 °C	55 mm	291
2013	41.0 °C5 June 2013	19.2 °C11 January 2013	30.0 °C	114 mm	289
2012	41.6 °C2 June 2012	17.6 °C24 January 2012	30.2 °C	42 mm	278
2011	41.9 °C9 July 2011	18.8 °C17 January 2011	29.9 °C	26 mm	284
2010	42.4 °C13 June 2010	18.2 °C31 December 2010	30.5 °C	51 mm	307
2009	40.7 °C6 August 2009	17.7 °C2 March 2009	30.3 °C	42 mm	305
2008	41.5 °C15 July 2008	17.4 °C1 February 2008	29.9 °C	67 mm	280
2007	42.0 °C23 June 2007	16.7 °C17 January 2007	30.1 °C	76 mm	291
2006	41.9 °C28 May 2006	18.6 °C30 December 2006	29.9 °C	120 mm	275
2005	42.2 °C31 May 2005	18.4 °C11 January 2005	30.0 °C	91 mm	308
2004	40.3 °C29 June 2004	16.7 °C29 December 2004	29.9 °C	72 mm	292
2003	42.0 °C10 June 2003	17.6 °C4 January 2003	30.3 °C	59 mm	294
2002	41.9 °C13 June 2002	15.6 °C13 January 2002	29.9 °C	98 mm	291
2001	40.5 °C30 June 2001	18.2 °C11 January 2001	30.0 °C	43 mm	286
2000	42.3 °C21 May 2000	16.3 °C29 January 2000	29.7 °C	116 mm	270
1999	40.6 °C9 August 1999	17.1 °C10 January 1999	30.0 °C	179 mm	304
1998	42.9 °C8 August 1998	15.6 °C14 February 1998	30.0 °C	138 mm	290
1997	41.0 °C27 July 1997	17.0 °C25 January 1997	29.5 °C	121 mm	258
1996	40.3 °C9 July 1996	15.7 °C18 January 1996	29.5 °C	119 mm	271
1995	40.7 °C10 June 1995	17.2 °C10 February 1995	29.7 °C	173 mm	271
1994	40.7 °C8 June 1994	18.8 °C5 December 1994	29.7 °C	60 mm	275
1993	41.0 °C6 August 1993	13.9 °C5 February 1993	29.5 °C	60 mm	283
1992	39.6 °C25 June 1992	14.6 °C12 February 1992	28.4 °C	220 mm	253
1991	40.6 °C4 August 1991	14.9 °C7 March 1991	29.3 °C	143 mm	263
1990	40.4 °C29 July 1990	17.5 °C26 February 1990	29.4 °C	61 mm	276
1989	42.0 °C11 August 1989	17.2 °C14 February 1989	29.0 °C	200 mm	254
1988	39.9 °C4 July 1988	17.5 °C25 February 1988	29.8 °C	61 mm	288
1987	41.1 °C11 July 1987	18.9 °C4 January 1987	29.8 °C	53 mm	287
1986	41.1 °C16 August 1986	17.9 °C6 December 1986	29.3 °C	52 mm	271
1985	40.4 °C11 August 1985	17.7 °C18 February 1985	29.4 °C	105 mm	268
1984	40.9 °C9 June 1984	18.9 °C1 January 1984	29.2 °C	156 mm	266
1983	40.1 °C8 September 1983	14.3 °C25 January 1983	29.0 °C	135 mm	252
1982	39.9 °C3 July 1982	15.4 °C9 February 1982	28.7 °C	232 mm	243
1981	40.3 °C25 June 1981	16.5 °C11 February 1981	29.4 °C	84 mm	260
1980	39.9 °C17 July 1980	15.3 °C12 February 1980	29.4 °C	79 mm	270
1979	40.3 °C16 June 1979	16.5 °C11 January 1979	29.2 °C	135 mm	267
1978	39.6 °C3 June 1978	17.5 °C22 February 1978	29.1 °C	97 mm	262
1977	40.4 °C9 August 1977	16.7 °C8 February 1977	29.1 °C	101 mm	266
1976	38.6 °C22 August 1976	17.8 °C14 January 1976	28.9 °C	91 mm	256
1975	39.8 °C3 July 1975	16.3 °C18 January 1975	28.6 °C	195 mm	237
1974	38.7 °C27 August 1974	15.5 °C19 January 1974	28.6 °C	120 mm	253
1973	41.1 °C13 June 1973	14.7 °C16 January 1973	29.1 °C	175 mm	266
1972	38.9 °C18 June 1972	15.2 °C4 February 1972	28.8 °C	198 mm	244
1971	40.2 °C22 August 1971	14.8 °C15 February 1971	28.5 °C	104 mm	245
1970	40.0 °C23 May 1970	16.4 °C24 January 1970	29.1 °C	122 mm	264
1969	37.9 °C26 July 1969	14.0 °C25 January 1969	29.1 °C	155 mm	268
1968	39.2 °C28 June 1968	14.2 °C3 February 1968	28.8 °C	127 mm	247
1967	41.3 °C24 June 1967	16.8 °C30 March 1967	28.8 °C	163 mm	231
1966	41.1 °C11 July 1966	17.9 °C1 March 1966	29.3 °C	90 mm	252
1965	41.6 °C12 August 1965	14.3 °C11 January 1965	28.6 °C	190 mm	215
1964	39.8 °C9 June 1964	17.1 °C14 December 1964	28.7 °C	346 mm	253
1963	40.7 °C22 August 1963	16.2 °C25 December 1963	29.2 °C	233 mm	237
1962	40.9 °C24 May 1962	17.7 °C4 January 1962	29.2 °C	114 mm	259
1961	40.6 °C10 June 1961	18.6 °C22 March 1961	28.6 °C	251 mm	230
1960	39.0 °C4 June 1960	18.0 °C31 January 1960	29.2 °C	77 mm	254
1959	40.3 °C13 June 1959	14.0 °C23 January 1959	28.7 °C	88 mm	246
1958	38.9 °C10 June 1958	16.5 °C22 January 1958	29.1 °C	105 mm	256
1957	39.6 °C17 June 1957	14.2 °C24 January 1957	28.7 °C	85 mm	253
1956	39.4 °C22 August 1956	15.3 °C16 January 1956	28.4 °C	75 mm	262
1955	39.1 °C5 May 1955	17.1 °C16 December 1955	28.5 °C	130 mm	255
1954	38.6 °C18 June 1954	16.1 °C31 December 1954	28.4 °C	83 mm	251
1953	38.7 °C13 June 1953	13.8 °C21 December 1953	27.9 °C	296 mm	245
1952	38.2 °C23 July 1952	17.0 °C18 January 1952	28.1 °C	275 mm	240
1951	39.9 °C5 June 1951	14.4 °C24 December 1951	28.1 °C	178 mm	240
1950	36.5 °C29 May 1950	15.7 °C17 January 1950	27.2 °C	652 mm	212
1949	38.3 °C21 May 1949	14.2 °C20 February 1949	27.7 °C	421 mm	232
1948	38.7 °C24 August 1948	14.7 °C10 March 1948	28.1 °C	146 mm	233
1947	39.5 °C1 June 1947	16.3 °C15 January 1947	28.2 °C	410 mm	232
1946	38.6 °C6 June 1946	13.8 °C13 January 1946	28.3 °C	96 mm	256
1945	39.0 °C11 June 1945	15.8 °C17 January 1945	28.4 °C	64 mm	258
1944	40.4 °C19 June 1944	15.2 °C1 February 1944	28.4 °C	121 mm	258
1943	36.0 °C12 May 1943	15.7 °C5 March 1943	27.7 °C	232 mm	236
1942	39.8 °C23 June 1942	16.6 °C21 December 1942	28.5 °C	132 mm	259
1941	40.9 °C7 June 1941	16.8 °C15 January 1941	28.7 °C	18 mm	263
1940	39.6 °C14 June 1940	13.6 °C16 January 1940	28.5 °C	86 mm	252

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

33.9 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

289 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

35 mm

-93 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	+1.5 °C	13 mm	-13 mm
Feb	29.5 °C	+0.9 °C	2 mm	-7 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	+1.2 °C	9 mm	-1 mm
Apr	34.2 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-10 mm
May	37.1 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Jun	38.4 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	38.4 °C	+2.2 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Aug	36.5 °C	+0.6 °C	3 mm	-2 mm
Sep	36.6 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Oct	34.4 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-6 mm
Nov	32.2 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-18 mm
Dec	29.2 °C	+0.6 °C	6 mm	-24 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.6 °C

15 May 2025

Coldest day

17.7 °C

31 Dec 2025

Wettest day

5.1 mm

7 Mar 2025

Windiest day

44.1 km/h

4 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

19 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.6 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.1 °C

19 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

30 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Al Līth?

Al Līth has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.2 °C and it receives 128 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Al Līth?

The hottest day measured in Al Līth between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2022, reaching 44.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Al Līth?

The coldest day measured in Al Līth between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1940, at 13.6 °C.

Does it snow in Al Līth?

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

Has the climate of Al Līth warmed?

Yes: Al Līth warmed by +2.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Al Līth?

The wettest day measured in Al Līth between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1947, with 140 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Al Līth?

The windiest day measured in Al Līth between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1965, with winds reaching 50.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Al Līth?

The warmest month in Al Līth is June (32.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Al Līth?

Al Līth receives on average 128 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 20 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Al Līth?

Al Līth 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 Līth?

Yes: Al Līth has on average 349 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Al Līth?

In Al Līth, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 14 June 2022, and the lowest was 10.2 °C on 9 February 1949.

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