Sakakah climate — normals and trends
Sakakah (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 41 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 August (32.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Sakakah averages 10 frost days, 178 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 9 rainy days per year.
Sakakah has warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.42 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 19 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.1 °C (on 13 July 2010) and the coldest -11.1 °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.
Climate normals · ERA5
SakakahAl Jawf Region
- coords
- 29.97°, 40.21°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
21.5°C
Average daily high
28.1°C
Average daily low
14.7°C
Annual rainfall
41mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
34%
Average peak wind
19.7km/h
Seasonal range
24.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
10 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
178 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
9 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
25.7 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
131 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.6 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · 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).
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
47.1 °C
13 July 2010
Coldest day
-11.1 °C
20 January 1964
Wettest day
41 mm
30 November 2018
Windiest day
66.0 km/h
10 January 1946
Strongest gust
107.3 km/h
25 March 2003
Hottest feels-like
47.4 °C
5 August 2022
Coldest feels-like
-15.9 °C
20 January 1964
Snowiest day
2.6 cm
28 February 1959
Sunniest day
13.1 h
29 May 1941
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 15.8 °C | -1.8 °C | 7 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 22.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 33 mm | +27 mm |
| Apr | 29.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| May | 35.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 39.6 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 39.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 41.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 0 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 37.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 32.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 26.1 °C | +4.3 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 17.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 4 mm | -3 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sakakah?
Sakakah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 41 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sakakah?
The hottest day measured in Sakakah between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2010, reaching 47.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sakakah?
The coldest day measured in Sakakah between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1964, at -11.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sakakah?
Almost never: Sakakah sees virtually no snow, with about 10 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sakakah warmed?
Yes: Sakakah warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sakakah?
The wettest day measured in Sakakah between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 2018, with 41 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sakakah?
The windiest day measured in Sakakah between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1946, with winds reaching 66.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sakakah?
The warmest month in Sakakah is August (32.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Sakakah?
Sakakah receives on average 41 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 9 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sakakah?
Sakakah gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sakakah?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sakakah between 1940 and 2025 was 28 February 1959, with 2.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sakakah?
Yes: Sakakah has on average 131 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sakakah?
In Sakakah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.4 °C on 5 August 2022, and the lowest was -15.9 °C on 20 January 1964.
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