Buraidah climate — normals and trends
Buraidah has a hot desert climate, averaging 24.8 °C annually with 84 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
BuraidahAl-Qassim Region
- coords
- 26.33°, 43.97°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
24.8°C
Average daily high
31.7°C
Average daily low
17.7°C
Annual rainfall
84mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
29%
Average peak wind
20.2km/h
Seasonal range
22.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
215 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
16 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
29.2 °C
Average feels-like low
14.2 °C
Average peak gust
33.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
167 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+4.0 °C
since 1940
+0.5 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
47.6 °C
12 July 2021
Coldest day
-6.2 °C
20 January 1964
Wettest day
64 mm
8 November 1997
Windiest day
52.7 km/h
2 April 2014
Strongest gust
85.3 km/h
2 April 2014
Hottest feels-like
48.7 °C
1 August 2020
Coldest feels-like
-11.2 °C
20 January 1964
Sunniest day
12.8 h
29 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.2 °C | -0.6 °C | 11 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 19.3 °C | -2.5 °C | 31 mm | +24 mm |
| Mar | 26.2 °C | -0.3 °C | 24 mm | +12 mm |
| Apr | 35.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 4 mm | -9 mm |
| May | 40.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| Jun | 42.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 42.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 43.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 41.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Oct | 35.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 28.0 °C | +2.2 °C | 2 mm | -17 mm |
| Dec | 20.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 54 mm | +39 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Buraidah (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 84 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 (34.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (12.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Buraidah averages 3 frost days, 215 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 16 rainy days per year.
Buraidah has warmed by +4.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.47 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 6 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.6 °C (on 12 July 2021) and the coldest -6.2 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Buraidah?
Buraidah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 84 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Buraidah?
The hottest day measured in Buraidah between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2021, reaching 47.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Buraidah?
The coldest day measured in Buraidah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, at -6.2 °C.
Does it snow in Buraidah?
Almost never: Buraidah sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Buraidah warmed?
Yes: Buraidah warmed by +4.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Buraidah?
The wettest day measured in Buraidah between 1940 and 2025 was 8 November 1997, with 64 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Buraidah?
The windiest day measured in Buraidah between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2014, with winds reaching 52.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Buraidah?
The warmest month in Buraidah is July (34.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (12.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Buraidah?
Buraidah receives on average 84 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 16 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Buraidah?
Buraidah gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Buraidah?
Yes: Buraidah has on average 167 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Buraidah?
In Buraidah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.7 °C on 1 August 2020, and the lowest was -11.2 °C on 20 January 1964.
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