Laylá climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Laylá?

Laylá has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 31 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Laylá?

The hottest day measured in Laylá between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2002, reaching 48.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Laylá?

The coldest day measured in Laylá between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1973, at -3.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Laylá?

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

Q: Has the climate of Laylá warmed?

Yes: Laylá warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Laylá?

The wettest day measured in Laylá between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1957, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Laylá?

The windiest day measured in Laylá between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1971, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Laylá?

The warmest month in Laylá is July (36.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Laylá?

Laylá receives on average 31 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 7 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Laylá?

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

Laylá (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 31 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 (36.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (14.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Laylá averages 0 frost days, 232 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 7 rainy days per year.

Laylá has warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.39 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 48.0 °C (on 23 July 2002) and the coldest -3.7 °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

LayláRiyadh Region

coords: 22.29°, 46.72°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

26.4°C

Average daily high

33.3°C

Average daily low

18.9°C

Annual rainfall

31mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

26%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

21.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

232 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

7 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.1 °C

Average feels-like low

15.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

179 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.3 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.79 · 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

48.0 °C

23 July 2002

Coldest day

-3.7 °C

4 January 1973

Wettest day

31 mm

11 April 1957

Windiest day

54.1 km/h

12 May 1971

Strongest gust

74.9 km/h

4 May 1952

Hottest feels-like

48.2 °C

14 July 2010

Coldest feels-like

-8.5 °C

4 January 1973

Sunniest day

12.6 h

16 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	46.5 °C16 June 2025	4.4 °C4 January 2025	27.9 °C	14 mm	236	0
2024	47.1 °C13 July 2024	5.0 °C9 January 2024	28.6 °C	26 mm	253	0
2023	47.6 °C3 August 2023	6.3 °C17 December 2023	28.3 °C	29 mm	249	0
2022	46.7 °C26 June 2022	5.5 °C22 January 2022	28.4 °C	10 mm	257	0
2021	46.8 °C12 July 2021	5.1 °C24 January 2021	28.5 °C	8 mm	255	0
2020	47.5 °C8 July 2020	3.7 °C13 February 2020	28.0 °C	5 mm	254	0
2019	47.1 °C30 June 2019	5.4 °C22 December 2019	28.1 °C	28 mm	237	0
2018	46.8 °C10 June 2018	4.6 °C15 January 2018	28.3 °C	11 mm	258	0
2017	47.2 °C4 July 2017	0.8 °C4 February 2017	28.0 °C	63 mm	238	0
2016	47.0 °C22 July 2016	2.9 °C31 January 2016	27.6 °C	55 mm	237	0
2015	46.2 °C17 July 2015	3.3 °C21 January 2015	28.2 °C	15 mm	254	0
2014	45.8 °C16 August 2014	4.5 °C8 January 2014	27.4 °C	17 mm	239	0
2013	46.9 °C13 July 2013	1.4 °C17 January 2013	26.9 °C	70 mm	233	0
2012	47.3 °C17 July 2012	0.3 °C22 January 2012	27.4 °C	21 mm	244	0
2011	46.9 °C15 July 2011	4.1 °C3 December 2011	27.3 °C	36 mm	248	0
2010	47.8 °C17 July 2010	3.9 °C29 December 2010	28.3 °C	6 mm	258	0
2009	45.8 °C10 August 2009	0.7 °C15 January 2009	27.9 °C	18 mm	251	0
2008	46.3 °C23 July 2008	0.4 °C3 February 2008	27.2 °C	10 mm	234	0
2007	47.5 °C31 July 2007	-0.4 °C4 January 2007	27.6 °C	7 mm	248	1
2006	46.1 °C28 July 2006	4.5 °C25 December 2006	27.4 °C	36 mm	244	0
2005	47.7 °C23 July 2005	3.1 °C1 January 2005	27.6 °C	19 mm	239	0
2004	46.7 °C9 July 2004	4.0 °C30 December 2004	27.5 °C	51 mm	256	0
2003	45.9 °C20 July 2003	4.3 °C3 January 2003	27.8 °C	11 mm	253	0
2002	48.0 °C23 July 2002	5.2 °C26 December 2002	27.6 °C	7 mm	236	0
2001	46.3 °C12 August 2001	1.6 °C31 January 2001	27.4 °C	26 mm	241	0
2000	46.6 °C17 July 2000	5.0 °C30 December 2000	27.4 °C	21 mm	233	0
1999	46.2 °C27 June 1999	5.0 °C23 December 1999	27.8 °C	19 mm	249	0
1998	46.5 °C10 June 1998	2.5 °C15 January 1998	27.9 °C	51 mm	239	0
1997	46.7 °C4 August 1997	3.9 °C27 January 1997	26.8 °C	69 mm	219	0
1996	45.9 °C27 July 1996	6.2 °C15 January 1996	27.1 °C	46 mm	227	0
1995	46.1 °C15 August 1995	5.5 °C5 January 1995	26.5 °C	43 mm	231	0
1994	45.9 °C3 June 1994	3.4 °C28 December 1994	27.0 °C	0 mm	239	0
1993	45.7 °C11 August 1993	1.6 °C15 January 1993	26.4 °C	17 mm	239	0
1992	45.0 °C16 June 1992	-1.7 °C7 January 1992	25.5 °C	38 mm	215	2
1991	45.4 °C13 August 1991	4.7 °C28 January 1991	26.7 °C	8 mm	238	0
1990	45.6 °C26 July 1990	3.1 °C29 December 1990	26.8 °C	15 mm	233	0
1989	45.4 °C6 July 1989	0.5 °C7 January 1989	25.8 °C	40 mm	223	0
1988	45.8 °C27 July 1988	3.0 °C1 January 1988	26.6 °C	49 mm	241	0
1987	46.4 °C27 July 1987	2.8 °C19 January 1987	26.8 °C	22 mm	222	0
1986	45.3 °C27 July 1986	1.2 °C2 January 1986	26.2 °C	28 mm	226	0
1985	44.7 °C6 August 1985	3.2 °C6 December 1985	26.2 °C	27 mm	227	0
1984	43.9 °C25 July 1984	2.8 °C6 January 1984	26.0 °C	22 mm	225	0
1983	45.7 °C20 July 1983	2.0 °C22 January 1983	25.6 °C	53 mm	218	0
1982	44.7 °C22 August 1982	1.2 °C18 January 1982	25.7 °C	75 mm	223	0
1981	46.7 °C10 August 1981	3.8 °C15 January 1981	26.8 °C	7 mm	241	0
1980	46.1 °C22 July 1980	3.8 °C5 December 1980	26.8 °C	6 mm	246	0
1979	45.5 °C28 July 1979	4.8 °C13 January 1979	26.7 °C	17 mm	244	0
1978	45.0 °C23 July 1978	2.6 °C22 December 1978	26.2 °C	15 mm	229	0
1977	44.7 °C8 August 1977	2.5 °C26 January 1977	26.2 °C	53 mm	223	0
1976	44.2 °C6 August 1976	2.4 °C2 January 1976	25.6 °C	31 mm	215	0
1975	44.8 °C31 July 1975	3.0 °C13 February 1975	25.4 °C	39 mm	201	0
1974	44.7 °C6 August 1974	1.3 °C26 January 1974	25.5 °C	79 mm	219	0
1973	45.3 °C14 August 1973	-3.7 °C4 January 1973	25.9 °C	5 mm	232	2
1972	44.5 °C28 July 1972	1.1 °C1 January 1972	25.2 °C	58 mm	219	0
1971	44.6 °C13 July 1971	0.4 °C31 December 1971	25.0 °C	37 mm	212	0
1970	44.5 °C6 August 1970	-0.1 °C16 December 1970	25.7 °C	15 mm	216	1
1969	45.1 °C31 July 1969	-0.2 °C1 February 1969	26.2 °C	43 mm	241	1
1968	45.2 °C28 July 1968	1.3 °C3 January 1968	25.5 °C	29 mm	230	0
1967	45.6 °C16 July 1967	0.6 °C7 February 1967	25.1 °C	31 mm	218	0
1966	44.8 °C13 July 1966	4.0 °C12 February 1966	25.9 °C	4 mm	217	0
1965	44.9 °C21 July 1965	2.4 °C11 January 1965	25.4 °C	14 mm	217	0
1964	45.9 °C2 August 1964	-1.3 °C21 January 1964	24.7 °C	97 mm	213	3
1963	44.7 °C28 July 1963	-1.6 °C28 December 1963	25.6 °C	37 mm	224	2
1962	45.4 °C20 July 1962	2.6 °C19 January 1962	25.9 °C	28 mm	241	0
1961	44.1 °C31 July 1961	3.8 °C31 December 1961	25.4 °C	55 mm	205	0
1960	44.7 °C1 August 1960	0.2 °C31 January 1960	25.9 °C	12 mm	220	0
1959	44.9 °C27 June 1959	-0.7 °C16 December 1959	24.9 °C	60 mm	224	1
1958	45.3 °C21 July 1958	3.4 °C21 December 1958	25.9 °C	37 mm	240	0
1957	45.0 °C15 August 1957	-2.0 °C26 January 1957	25.2 °C	91 mm	217	5
1956	44.3 °C7 August 1956	0.7 °C24 January 1956	24.9 °C	9 mm	229	0
1955	44.2 °C12 July 1955	1.1 °C3 February 1955	25.5 °C	36 mm	234	0
1954	44.7 °C2 August 1954	4.6 °C16 December 1954	26.1 °C	6 mm	241	0
1953	46.2 °C24 July 1953	-0.4 °C23 December 1953	26.1 °C	34 mm	237	1
1952	44.5 °C8 June 1952	1.4 °C6 January 1952	26.0 °C	17 mm	228	0
1951	45.7 °C17 August 1951	1.7 °C12 January 1951	26.0 °C	20 mm	216	0
1950	44.7 °C1 June 1950	-1.3 °C19 January 1950	24.9 °C	28 mm	219	7
1949	44.4 °C11 July 1949	-2.1 °C2 January 1949	24.6 °C	35 mm	211	5
1948	46.0 °C15 July 1948	2.1 °C20 January 1948	25.2 °C	70 mm	205	0
1947	44.1 °C18 June 1947	3.0 °C28 December 1947	25.4 °C	55 mm	219	0
1946	43.3 °C27 July 1946	2.5 °C14 January 1946	25.0 °C	18 mm	212	0
1945	44.1 °C6 July 1945	0.8 °C3 March 1945	25.0 °C	25 mm	219	0
1944	43.6 °C23 June 1944	2.8 °C9 December 1944	25.5 °C	36 mm	239	0
1943	45.2 °C8 July 1943	-0.4 °C6 February 1943	25.1 °C	18 mm	215	1
1942	44.3 °C25 June 1942	0.8 °C8 January 1942	26.1 °C	44 mm	242	0
1941	44.2 °C26 July 1941	2.3 °C10 January 1941	25.8 °C	6 mm	226	0
1940	43.8 °C31 July 1940	0.4 °C17 January 1940	24.8 °C	27 mm	209	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.7 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

236 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

14 mm

-17 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	21.2 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Feb	24.6 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Mar	29.5 °C	+0.5 °C	3 mm	-4 mm
Apr	37.6 °C	+3.5 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
May	41.7 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Jun	43.4 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	44.6 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	44.0 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Sep	41.4 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	35.0 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Nov	28.6 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Dec	23.8 °C	+1.3 °C	10 mm	+6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

46.5 °C

16 Jun 2025

Coldest day

4.4 °C

4 Jan 2025

Wettest day

8.1 mm

16 Dec 2025

Windiest day

39.4 km/h

30 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

4 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

16 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.2 °C

4 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

20 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Laylá?

Laylá has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 31 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Laylá?

The hottest day measured in Laylá between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 2002, reaching 48.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Laylá?

The coldest day measured in Laylá between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1973, at -3.7 °C.

Does it snow in Laylá?

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

Has the climate of Laylá warmed?

Yes: Laylá warmed by +3.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Laylá?

The wettest day measured in Laylá between 1940 and 2025 was 11 April 1957, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Laylá?

The windiest day measured in Laylá between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 1971, with winds reaching 54.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Laylá?

The warmest month in Laylá is July (36.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (14.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Laylá?

Laylá receives on average 31 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 7 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Laylá?

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

Are there tropical nights in Laylá?

Yes: Laylá has on average 179 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Laylá?

In Laylá, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.2 °C on 14 July 2010, and the lowest was -8.5 °C on 4 January 1973.

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