Ranyah climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ranyah?

Ranyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 42 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ranyah between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2022, reaching 45.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ranyah?

The coldest day measured in Ranyah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1957, at -1.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ranyah?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ranyah warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ranyah?

The wettest day measured in Ranyah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1998, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ranyah?

The windiest day measured in Ranyah between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1994, with winds reaching 50.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ranyah?

The warmest month in Ranyah is July (34.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ranyah?

Ranyah receives on average 42 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ranyah?

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

Ranyah (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 42 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 (34.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Ranyah averages 0 frost days, 237 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 10 rainy days per year.

Ranyah has warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.43 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.6 °C (on 22 July 2022) and the coldest -1.9 °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

Ranyah'Asir Region

coords: 21.25°, 42.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAprilDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

26.4°C

Average daily high

32.9°C

Average daily low

19.0°C

Annual rainfall

42mm

Sunshine / day

11.3h

Mean relative humidity

26%

Average peak wind

22.1km/h

Seasonal range

17.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

237 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

10 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.7 °C

Average peak gust

37.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

171 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.7 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.85 · 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

45.6 °C

22 July 2022

Coldest day

-1.9 °C

25 January 1957

Wettest day

31 mm

6 March 1998

Windiest day

50.0 km/h

11 March 1994

Strongest gust

77.8 km/h

25 March 2019

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

17 July 2012

Coldest feels-like

-6.5 °C

26 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.4 h

3 July 1957

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	44.6 °C14 June 2025	3.3 °C19 December 2025	28.0 °C	7 mm	245	0
2024	45.4 °C14 July 2024	6.9 °C10 January 2024	28.6 °C	58 mm	264	0
2023	45.3 °C16 August 2023	5.7 °C17 December 2023	28.0 °C	71 mm	255	0
2022	45.6 °C22 July 2022	6.7 °C31 December 2022	28.1 °C	23 mm	268	0
2021	45.1 °C28 July 2021	6.5 °C14 December 2021	28.3 °C	9 mm	269	0
2020	44.5 °C30 June 2020	2.8 °C27 January 2020	27.7 °C	14 mm	261	0
2019	44.5 °C25 July 2019	5.7 °C20 February 2019	28.1 °C	35 mm	260	0
2018	44.8 °C5 July 2018	4.1 °C11 January 2018	27.9 °C	45 mm	256	0
2017	45.4 °C24 July 2017	4.5 °C11 December 2017	28.0 °C	64 mm	260	0
2016	45.0 °C23 July 2016	5.8 °C29 January 2016	27.8 °C	98 mm	254	0
2015	43.3 °C6 August 2015	4.4 °C21 January 2015	28.2 °C	40 mm	272	0
2014	43.5 °C29 July 2014	6.4 °C22 January 2014	27.7 °C	8 mm	253	0
2013	44.3 °C20 July 2013	5.7 °C13 January 2013	27.2 °C	91 mm	248	0
2012	44.6 °C16 July 2012	4.8 °C23 January 2012	27.8 °C	38 mm	256	0
2011	44.7 °C16 July 2011	5.5 °C5 December 2011	27.6 °C	20 mm	254	0
2010	45.4 °C13 July 2010	3.6 °C6 December 2010	27.9 °C	23 mm	256	0
2009	43.5 °C21 June 2009	4.4 °C16 January 2009	28.2 °C	14 mm	271	0
2008	43.2 °C26 May 2008	1.8 °C18 January 2008	27.3 °C	7 mm	246	0
2007	44.3 °C30 July 2007	4.9 °C3 January 2007	27.6 °C	17 mm	255	0
2006	45.1 °C28 July 2006	4.7 °C25 December 2006	27.4 °C	65 mm	257	0
2005	44.3 °C23 July 2005	3.1 °C1 January 2005	27.6 °C	40 mm	275	0
2004	44.6 °C10 July 2004	2.7 °C31 December 2004	27.5 °C	51 mm	258	0
2003	44.7 °C14 August 2003	4.9 °C13 January 2003	27.9 °C	12 mm	268	0
2002	45.5 °C22 July 2002	7.3 °C26 December 2002	27.6 °C	18 mm	252	0
2001	44.5 °C5 August 2001	3.7 °C2 January 2001	27.2 °C	44 mm	253	0
2000	44.6 °C4 August 2000	6.8 °C19 December 2000	27.8 °C	4 mm	259	0
1999	43.9 °C12 July 1999	3.8 °C24 December 1999	27.7 °C	18 mm	260	0
1998	44.4 °C4 August 1998	3.7 °C14 January 1998	27.4 °C	96 mm	256	0
1997	43.9 °C19 June 1997	4.6 °C26 January 1997	27.0 °C	42 mm	238	0
1996	43.1 °C19 August 1996	7.5 °C31 December 1996	27.2 °C	65 mm	244	0
1995	43.3 °C9 August 1995	7.3 °C8 January 1995	26.9 °C	66 mm	241	0
1994	42.9 °C18 August 1994	5.0 °C21 January 1994	27.0 °C	10 mm	247	0
1993	42.8 °C11 August 1993	2.6 °C15 January 1993	26.5 °C	31 mm	245	0
1992	42.1 °C14 June 1992	2.2 °C6 January 1992	25.5 °C	78 mm	222	0
1991	43.1 °C27 June 1991	4.3 °C28 January 1991	26.9 °C	16 mm	242	0
1990	43.0 °C22 July 1990	4.5 °C30 December 1990	26.7 °C	25 mm	247	0
1989	43.1 °C23 August 1989	3.8 °C7 January 1989	26.2 °C	54 mm	232	0
1988	43.9 °C27 July 1988	5.5 °C19 January 1988	26.8 °C	40 mm	248	0
1987	44.2 °C27 July 1987	3.1 °C19 January 1987	27.0 °C	50 mm	234	0
1986	43.2 °C29 July 1986	1.7 °C3 January 1986	26.1 °C	111 mm	226	0
1985	42.2 °C23 August 1985	5.7 °C7 December 1985	26.1 °C	60 mm	232	0
1984	42.0 °C9 July 1984	2.9 °C1 January 1984	26.3 °C	21 mm	236	0
1983	43.4 °C20 July 1983	3.4 °C30 December 1983	25.7 °C	51 mm	214	0
1982	42.4 °C22 August 1982	5.3 °C16 December 1982	25.7 °C	58 mm	224	0
1981	43.0 °C11 August 1981	4.4 °C12 February 1981	26.5 °C	40 mm	241	0
1980	44.1 °C8 August 1980	4.3 °C24 December 1980	27.0 °C	23 mm	256	0
1979	43.8 °C28 July 1979	5.2 °C26 November 1979	26.3 °C	42 mm	242	0
1978	42.5 °C14 June 1978	2.2 °C21 December 1978	26.1 °C	34 mm	235	0
1977	43.0 °C16 August 1977	3.6 °C11 January 1977	26.2 °C	40 mm	232	0
1976	42.7 °C9 August 1976	5.3 °C2 January 1976	25.8 °C	66 mm	229	0
1975	42.3 °C10 July 1975	5.4 °C19 January 1975	25.5 °C	88 mm	204	0
1974	42.2 °C1 July 1974	2.1 °C25 January 1974	25.6 °C	31 mm	214	0
1973	43.2 °C28 July 1973	-1.1 °C4 January 1973	26.2 °C	20 mm	239	1
1972	43.0 °C27 July 1972	3.8 °C1 January 1972	25.4 °C	83 mm	219	0
1971	41.9 °C8 July 1971	1.2 °C25 December 1971	24.7 °C	63 mm	202	0
1970	41.5 °C16 August 1970	3.9 °C29 January 1970	25.7 °C	21 mm	220	0
1969	41.7 °C6 July 1969	1.8 °C6 February 1969	26.0 °C	25 mm	238	0
1968	41.9 °C30 July 1968	0.9 °C3 February 1968	25.1 °C	77 mm	221	0
1967	42.7 °C19 July 1967	2.6 °C16 December 1967	24.9 °C	54 mm	210	0
1966	42.2 °C16 July 1966	3.7 °C2 January 1966	25.7 °C	14 mm	222	0
1965	41.4 °C27 July 1965	4.3 °C11 January 1965	25.5 °C	22 mm	221	0
1964	42.0 °C21 July 1964	0.6 °C21 January 1964	24.8 °C	92 mm	216	0
1963	42.0 °C22 July 1963	0.6 °C27 December 1963	25.4 °C	74 mm	231	0
1962	41.2 °C1 August 1962	3.7 °C20 January 1962	25.7 °C	38 mm	227	0
1961	40.3 °C20 August 1961	5.2 °C31 December 1961	25.3 °C	84 mm	200	0
1960	41.4 °C21 July 1960	2.9 °C31 January 1960	26.0 °C	21 mm	221	0
1959	41.4 °C26 June 1959	2.2 °C23 January 1959	25.0 °C	13 mm	223	0
1958	41.9 °C24 July 1958	3.5 °C16 January 1958	26.1 °C	59 mm	231	0
1957	41.5 °C30 July 1957	-1.9 °C25 January 1957	24.8 °C	50 mm	222	2
1956	40.5 °C10 August 1956	0.5 °C25 January 1956	24.7 °C	11 mm	225	0
1955	41.5 °C5 July 1955	4.9 °C28 February 1955	25.6 °C	37 mm	222	0
1954	41.1 °C24 July 1954	3.7 °C18 December 1954	25.8 °C	15 mm	237	0
1953	41.6 °C19 July 1953	2.5 °C22 December 1953	25.4 °C	27 mm	240	0
1952	41.1 °C11 July 1952	1.2 °C18 January 1952	25.3 °C	50 mm	230	0
1951	42.4 °C15 July 1951	4.2 °C10 December 1951	25.8 °C	13 mm	220	0
1950	41.1 °C1 June 1950	1.3 °C19 January 1950	24.3 °C	91 mm	207	0
1949	40.6 °C22 July 1949	1.2 °C3 January 1949	24.1 °C	58 mm	208	0
1948	42.3 °C14 July 1948	1.4 °C20 January 1948	25.0 °C	62 mm	209	0
1947	41.4 °C27 June 1947	4.1 °C11 December 1947	25.0 °C	92 mm	216	0
1946	40.1 °C14 June 1946	3.2 °C13 January 1946	25.1 °C	12 mm	221	0
1945	41.4 °C17 July 1945	5.0 °C2 March 1945	25.1 °C	43 mm	222	0
1944	42.1 °C3 July 1944	5.2 °C19 December 1944	25.3 °C	27 mm	231	0
1943	41.2 °C11 August 1943	1.8 °C6 February 1943	24.9 °C	32 mm	212	0
1942	40.7 °C25 June 1942	3.8 °C8 January 1942	25.6 °C	24 mm	237	0
1941	41.8 °C18 July 1941	3.4 °C8 January 1941	25.3 °C	5 mm	222	0
1940	40.6 °C21 June 1940	3.8 °C18 January 1940	24.4 °C	40 mm	201	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.3 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

245 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

7 mm

-35 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	23.2 °C	-0.3 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Feb	28.0 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	31.2 °C	+1.0 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Apr	37.1 °C	+3.5 °C	0 mm	-13 mm
May	39.9 °C	+2.4 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Jun	42.2 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	41.4 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	41.8 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	39.9 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Oct	33.7 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Dec	24.8 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.6 °C

14 Jun 2025

Coldest day

3.3 °C

19 Dec 2025

Wettest day

1.9 mm

21 Mar 2025

Windiest day

41.9 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.8 °C

14 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-0.8 °C

19 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

12 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ranyah?

Ranyah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.4 °C and it receives 42 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ranyah?

The hottest day measured in Ranyah between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2022, reaching 45.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ranyah?

The coldest day measured in Ranyah between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1957, at -1.9 °C.

Does it snow in Ranyah?

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

Has the climate of Ranyah warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ranyah?

The wettest day measured in Ranyah between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 1998, with 31 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ranyah?

The windiest day measured in Ranyah between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1994, with winds reaching 50.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ranyah?

The warmest month in Ranyah is July (34.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (16.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Ranyah?

Ranyah receives on average 42 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 10 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ranyah?

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

Are there tropical nights in Ranyah?

Yes: Ranyah has on average 171 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ranyah?

In Ranyah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.1 °C on 17 July 2012, and the lowest was -6.5 °C on 26 January 1957.

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