Şabyā climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Şabyā?

Şabyā has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.6 °C and it receives 381 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Şabyā between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2016, reaching 46.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Şabyā?

The coldest day measured in Şabyā between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1993, at 13.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Şabyā?

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

Q: Has the climate of Şabyā warmed?

Yes: Şabyā warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Şabyā?

The wettest day measured in Şabyā between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1956, with 232 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Şabyā?

The windiest day measured in Şabyā between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1964, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Şabyā?

The warmest month in Şabyā is June (33.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Şabyā?

Şabyā receives on average 381 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 57 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Şabyā?

Şabyā gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Şabyā (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 29.6 °C and it receives 381 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 (33.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Şabyā averages 0 frost days, 322 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 57 rainy days per year.

Şabyā has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.2 °C (on 18 June 2016) and the coldest 13.4 °C (on 7 February 1993).

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

ŞabyāJazan Region

coords: 17.15°, 42.63°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

29.6°C

Average daily high

34.8°C

Average daily low

25.3°C

Annual rainfall

381mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

18.1km/h

Seasonal range

8.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

322 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

57 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

38.1 °C

Average feels-like low

28.4 °C

Average peak gust

33.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

346 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.4 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.83 · 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

46.2 °C

18 June 2016

Coldest day

13.4 °C

7 February 1993

Wettest day

232 mm

28 July 1956

Windiest day

42.9 km/h

7 July 1964

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

13 July 1962

Hottest feels-like

49.3 °C

31 August 2015

Coldest feels-like

8.9 °C

19 January 1987

Sunniest day

12.0 h

18 May 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	44.0 °C1 July 2025	19.0 °C20 December 2025	30.8 °C	188 mm	346
2024	43.6 °C1 July 2024	19.1 °C11 January 2024	31.1 °C	233 mm	357
2023	43.5 °C31 July 2023	18.7 °C8 January 2023	31.3 °C	163 mm	351
2022	43.4 °C29 June 2022	19.5 °C20 December 2022	30.7 °C	222 mm	351
2021	42.9 °C1 July 2021	17.7 °C13 January 2021	30.5 °C	215 mm	347
2020	43.7 °C15 May 2020	16.2 °C13 January 2020	30.4 °C	303 mm	337
2019	43.2 °C3 May 2019	19.4 °C20 February 2019	30.9 °C	309 mm	357
2018	44.0 °C13 June 2018	17.3 °C13 January 2018	31.1 °C	143 mm	341
2017	44.3 °C2 July 2017	18.2 °C24 December 2017	31.3 °C	187 mm	353
2016	46.2 °C18 June 2016	18.4 °C29 January 2016	31.0 °C	358 mm	346
2015	43.2 °C17 August 2015	18.1 °C21 January 2015	31.0 °C	195 mm	324
2014	43.4 °C6 July 2014	18.8 °C25 January 2014	30.9 °C	114 mm	349
2013	44.3 °C21 June 2013	18.4 °C30 December 2013	30.7 °C	208 mm	347
2012	45.0 °C2 June 2012	17.6 °C25 January 2012	30.8 °C	111 mm	360
2011	44.8 °C6 July 2011	17.3 °C1 December 2011	30.7 °C	105 mm	344
2010	43.0 °C10 June 2010	17.4 °C10 January 2010	31.0 °C	140 mm	354
2009	43.1 °C29 July 2009	18.7 °C5 January 2009	30.9 °C	132 mm	353
2008	43.7 °C11 July 2008	17.8 °C24 December 2008	30.5 °C	155 mm	352
2007	43.3 °C1 July 2007	18.3 °C20 March 2007	31.1 °C	99 mm	356
2006	43.6 °C3 July 2006	18.8 °C11 January 2006	30.9 °C	135 mm	352
2005	43.6 °C4 August 2005	16.9 °C3 January 2005	30.8 °C	205 mm	350
2004	43.6 °C31 July 2004	17.9 °C31 December 2004	30.5 °C	305 mm	339
2003	44.3 °C6 April 2003	17.4 °C9 January 2003	30.6 °C	341 mm	357
2002	44.2 °C14 August 2002	18.7 °C26 December 2002	30.5 °C	265 mm	342
2001	42.5 °C19 June 2001	18.4 °C4 January 2001	30.4 °C	270 mm	348
2000	43.1 °C14 July 2000	18.5 °C6 January 2000	30.2 °C	268 mm	357
1999	42.9 °C10 August 1999	17.5 °C16 March 1999	30.4 °C	242 mm	348
1998	44.5 °C11 May 1998	16.0 °C14 January 1998	30.3 °C	460 mm	342
1997	44.3 °C2 July 1997	17.1 °C26 January 1997	30.2 °C	308 mm	328
1996	43.2 °C8 July 1996	18.8 °C5 January 1996	30.3 °C	222 mm	338
1995	43.7 °C11 July 1995	17.7 °C14 March 1995	30.0 °C	368 mm	330
1994	42.8 °C9 July 1994	18.1 °C21 January 1994	29.9 °C	179 mm	341
1993	43.0 °C15 July 1993	13.4 °C7 February 1993	30.1 °C	195 mm	338
1992	42.6 °C29 May 1992	13.8 °C13 January 1992	29.2 °C	390 mm	294
1991	42.7 °C14 June 1991	18.0 °C28 January 1991	30.1 °C	122 mm	335
1990	42.5 °C2 July 1990	18.4 °C29 December 1990	30.0 °C	148 mm	335
1989	41.4 °C11 June 1989	17.9 °C7 January 1989	29.8 °C	201 mm	320
1988	42.5 °C7 July 1988	18.8 °C19 December 1988	30.1 °C	278 mm	340
1987	42.5 °C17 June 1987	13.5 °C19 January 1987	30.4 °C	166 mm	346
1986	42.3 °C12 July 1986	16.9 °C6 January 1986	29.8 °C	294 mm	318
1985	41.8 °C27 August 1985	15.8 °C18 February 1985	29.8 °C	281 mm	337
1984	42.0 °C3 July 1984	16.0 °C6 February 1984	29.7 °C	149 mm	329
1983	43.3 °C31 July 1983	16.1 °C12 February 1983	29.4 °C	406 mm	296
1982	42.1 °C4 July 1982	18.0 °C15 February 1982	29.5 °C	289 mm	306
1981	42.6 °C21 July 1981	16.6 °C11 January 1981	29.9 °C	168 mm	339
1980	41.8 °C17 June 1980	17.0 °C7 December 1980	30.2 °C	98 mm	337
1979	42.9 °C15 June 1979	17.4 °C22 November 1979	29.8 °C	269 mm	320
1978	41.9 °C28 June 1978	17.4 °C20 January 1978	29.3 °C	331 mm	344
1977	42.3 °C2 July 1977	15.8 °C29 November 1977	29.1 °C	642 mm	319
1976	41.6 °C29 June 1976	18.8 °C7 January 1976	29.2 °C	233 mm	333
1975	41.4 °C20 July 1975	19.0 °C29 December 1975	28.9 °C	462 mm	308
1974	42.5 °C1 July 1974	18.1 °C25 January 1974	28.8 °C	396 mm	306
1973	41.6 °C9 June 1973	17.8 °C29 December 1973	29.4 °C	318 mm	328
1972	41.2 °C28 June 1972	16.6 °C6 February 1972	29.4 °C	238 mm	309
1971	41.7 °C30 June 1971	15.6 °C25 December 1971	28.5 °C	425 mm	311
1970	41.2 °C15 May 1970	16.3 °C13 January 1970	29.4 °C	164 mm	322
1969	42.4 °C4 June 1969	18.4 °C23 February 1969	29.7 °C	251 mm	320
1968	40.6 °C29 June 1968	16.3 °C3 February 1968	28.4 °C	559 mm	310
1967	40.5 °C11 August 1967	18.1 °C6 February 1967	28.6 °C	251 mm	300
1966	41.5 °C30 August 1966	19.3 °C18 December 1966	29.3 °C	313 mm	322
1965	42.3 °C8 August 1965	15.0 °C3 January 1965	28.7 °C	283 mm	317
1964	41.3 °C13 July 1964	17.3 °C27 December 1964	28.9 °C	314 mm	316
1963	41.0 °C9 June 1963	15.0 °C25 December 1963	29.4 °C	176 mm	322
1962	42.0 °C13 July 1962	18.3 °C4 January 1962	29.2 °C	181 mm	326
1961	41.2 °C10 June 1961	19.5 °C20 February 1961	29.2 °C	199 mm	314
1960	42.6 °C22 July 1960	17.4 °C23 January 1960	29.3 °C	271 mm	324
1959	40.6 °C22 July 1959	14.7 °C23 January 1959	28.8 °C	306 mm	278
1958	40.8 °C23 May 1958	17.2 °C17 January 1958	29.3 °C	334 mm	295
1957	41.1 °C28 June 1957	14.8 °C25 January 1957	28.6 °C	473 mm	289
1956	40.9 °C6 July 1956	17.1 °C27 January 1956	28.2 °C	854 mm	303
1955	40.4 °C1 June 1955	17.9 °C9 January 1955	28.3 °C	544 mm	268
1954	39.9 °C6 July 1954	18.1 °C18 December 1954	28.0 °C	809 mm	296
1953	39.4 °C2 July 1953	16.4 °C12 January 1953	27.2 °C	1,675 mm	269
1952	40.4 °C26 July 1952	17.2 °C11 December 1952	27.7 °C	1,290 mm	297
1951	39.4 °C10 June 1951	17.5 °C3 February 1951	27.6 °C	1,085 mm	263
1950	38.4 °C5 June 1950	16.9 °C11 December 1950	26.5 °C	2,138 mm	226
1949	40.6 °C25 May 1949	15.7 °C12 February 1949	27.6 °C	979 mm	257
1948	39.6 °C17 May 1948	16.3 °C10 March 1948	27.8 °C	778 mm	267
1947	40.8 °C13 July 1947	14.8 °C6 December 1947	27.9 °C	698 mm	266
1946	41.3 °C6 June 1946	15.0 °C13 January 1946	28.4 °C	658 mm	299
1945	40.9 °C9 July 1945	16.4 °C18 January 1945	28.5 °C	303 mm	291
1944	41.6 °C15 June 1944	18.5 °C14 January 1944	28.8 °C	416 mm	314
1943	40.7 °C12 May 1943	17.1 °C3 February 1943	27.2 °C	1,346 mm	268
1942	40.1 °C22 May 1942	18.0 °C25 December 1942	28.4 °C	636 mm	316
1941	41.6 °C10 June 1941	16.8 °C12 January 1941	28.8 °C	492 mm	322
1940	42.0 °C18 July 1940	17.1 °C4 March 1940	28.8 °C	287 mm	287

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.8 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

346 d/yr

+24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

188 mm

-193 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.2 °C	+0.6 °C	11 mm	-7 mm
Feb	31.5 °C	+0.7 °C	2 mm	-15 mm
Mar	34.2 °C	+1.1 °C	5 mm	-14 mm
Apr	37.4 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-23 mm
May	39.1 °C	+1.1 °C	4 mm	-22 mm
Jun	39.7 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-9 mm
Jul	41.1 °C	+2.7 °C	0 mm	-58 mm
Aug	36.6 °C	-0.3 °C	143 mm	+48 mm
Sep	38.5 °C	+1.4 °C	13 mm	-47 mm
Oct	36.9 °C	+1.4 °C	2 mm	-21 mm
Nov	34.0 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-16 mm
Dec	30.6 °C	+0.3 °C	8 mm	-10 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.0 °C

1 Jul 2025

Coldest day

19.0 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

47.2 mm

23 Aug 2025

Windiest day

36.1 km/h

1 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

1 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.5 °C

5 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.4 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Şabyā?

Şabyā has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.6 °C and it receives 381 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Şabyā?

The hottest day measured in Şabyā between 1940 and 2025 was 18 June 2016, reaching 46.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Şabyā?

The coldest day measured in Şabyā between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1993, at 13.4 °C.

Does it snow in Şabyā?

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

Has the climate of Şabyā warmed?

Yes: Şabyā warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Şabyā?

The wettest day measured in Şabyā between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1956, with 232 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Şabyā?

The windiest day measured in Şabyā between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 1964, with winds reaching 42.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Şabyā?

The warmest month in Şabyā is June (33.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Şabyā?

Şabyā receives on average 381 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 57 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Şabyā?

Şabyā gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Şabyā?

Yes: Şabyā has on average 346 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Şabyā?

In Şabyā, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.3 °C on 31 August 2015, and the lowest was 8.9 °C on 19 January 1987.

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