Tabuk climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tabuk?

Tabuk has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 19 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tabuk between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1978, reaching 45.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tabuk?

The coldest day measured in Tabuk between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -7.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tabuk?

Almost never: Tabuk sees virtually no snow, with about 8 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Tabuk warmed?

Yes: Tabuk warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tabuk?

The wettest day measured in Tabuk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1963, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tabuk?

The windiest day measured in Tabuk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2020, with winds reaching 55.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tabuk?

The warmest month in Tabuk is August (30.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tabuk?

Tabuk receives on average 19 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 4 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tabuk?

Tabuk gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tabuk (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 19 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 (30.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Tabuk averages 8 frost days, 182 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 4 rainy days per year.

Tabuk has warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.35 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 18 to 0 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.0 °C (on 16 July 1978) and the coldest -7.5 °C (on 7 February 1950).

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

TabukTabuk Region

coords: 28.40°, 36.57°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

21.1°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

13.5°C

Annual rainfall

19mm

Sunshine / day

11.5h

Mean relative humidity

35%

Average peak wind

18.4km/h

Seasonal range

20.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

8 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

182 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

4 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.5 °C

Average feels-like low

11.0 °C

Average peak gust

30.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

93 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.9 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

45.0 °C

16 July 1978

Coldest day

-7.5 °C

7 February 1950

Wettest day

39 mm

8 April 1963

Windiest day

55.7 km/h

13 March 2020

Strongest gust

92.9 km/h

5 February 1986

Hottest feels-like

45.7 °C

12 July 2010

Coldest feels-like

-11.8 °C

7 February 1950

Snowiest day

1.4 cm

4 February 1993

Sunniest day

13.0 h

25 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	43.8 °C10 August 2025	1.8 °C19 December 2025	23.2 °C	7 mm	202	0
2024	44.0 °C21 June 2024	3.2 °C2 February 2024	23.2 °C	13 mm	189	0
2023	43.5 °C20 August 2023	1.2 °C3 February 2023	23.1 °C	64 mm	187	0
2022	42.1 °C7 August 2022	-0.3 °C19 January 2022	22.6 °C	19 mm	198	4
2021	42.3 °C22 July 2021	0.4 °C23 January 2021	23.2 °C	23 mm	205	0
2020	44.4 °C27 July 2020	-1.1 °C26 January 2020	22.6 °C	19 mm	196	3
2019	42.6 °C25 June 2019	0.4 °C19 January 2019	22.4 °C	28 mm	177	0
2018	42.7 °C2 September 2018	1.7 °C29 January 2018	23.2 °C	19 mm	202	0
2017	43.2 °C12 August 2017	-1.0 °C11 January 2017	22.7 °C	8 mm	184	3
2016	41.9 °C29 July 2016	-2.6 °C29 January 2016	22.7 °C	13 mm	204	3
2015	43.2 °C4 August 2015	-1.2 °C10 January 2015	22.5 °C	9 mm	191	4
2014	41.6 °C31 August 2014	2.0 °C8 January 2014	22.5 °C	13 mm	182	0
2013	43.3 °C16 July 2013	-1.6 °C11 January 2013	22.2 °C	30 mm	191	3
2012	43.3 °C17 June 2012	-0.9 °C22 January 2012	22.1 °C	8 mm	198	2
2011	43.1 °C31 July 2011	0.8 °C29 November 2011	21.4 °C	9 mm	184	0
2010	44.4 °C11 July 2010	2.1 °C7 February 2010	23.6 °C	23 mm	214	0
2009	41.4 °C1 July 2009	-1.7 °C14 January 2009	21.7 °C	28 mm	186	4
2008	42.1 °C3 September 2008	-4.6 °C15 January 2008	21.7 °C	21 mm	194	8
2007	41.0 °C29 July 2007	-1.2 °C3 January 2007	21.5 °C	13 mm	193	5
2006	40.8 °C4 June 2006	-2.6 °C30 December 2006	21.4 °C	21 mm	176	7
2005	41.2 °C19 August 2005	-0.1 °C27 December 2005	21.6 °C	19 mm	189	1
2004	42.1 °C8 July 2004	0.1 °C16 February 2004	21.6 °C	6 mm	195	0
2003	42.3 °C13 August 2003	1.3 °C28 December 2003	21.7 °C	4 mm	196	0
2002	40.8 °C1 August 2002	-1.4 °C12 January 2002	21.5 °C	14 mm	181	3
2001	42.1 °C15 August 2001	0.7 °C8 January 2001	21.7 °C	5 mm	179	0
2000	43.4 °C4 July 2000	-1.0 °C29 January 2000	21.1 °C	19 mm	179	2
1999	40.2 °C22 August 1999	-1.3 °C3 December 1999	21.8 °C	8 mm	189	1
1998	43.1 °C9 August 1998	-1.8 °C13 January 1998	22.1 °C	14 mm	189	1
1997	40.0 °C21 June 1997	-1.0 °C6 February 1997	20.7 °C	23 mm	174	4
1996	42.3 °C4 July 1996	0.1 °C13 January 1996	21.9 °C	25 mm	182	0
1995	41.3 °C2 August 1995	0.6 °C26 December 1995	21.4 °C	17 mm	176	0
1994	41.6 °C16 August 1994	-0.9 °C8 December 1994	21.0 °C	35 mm	186	3
1993	41.4 °C31 August 1993	-2.3 °C18 January 1993	21.3 °C	20 mm	180	9
1992	40.7 °C5 July 1992	-2.8 °C6 January 1992	20.0 °C	5 mm	171	16
1991	41.6 °C13 July 1991	-0.7 °C27 January 1991	21.2 °C	28 mm	191	5
1990	41.1 °C8 June 1990	0.5 °C11 January 1990	21.5 °C	7 mm	189	0
1989	42.4 °C15 July 1989	-3.4 °C6 January 1989	21.0 °C	8 mm	180	12
1988	40.6 °C22 August 1988	-0.6 °C20 January 1988	21.3 °C	31 mm	180	2
1987	42.4 °C9 August 1987	-0.4 °C2 January 1987	21.5 °C	6 mm	177	1
1986	40.7 °C22 July 1986	-1.6 °C31 December 1986	21.0 °C	20 mm	179	1
1985	42.5 °C17 August 1985	0.1 °C28 February 1985	21.5 °C	36 mm	176	0
1984	40.8 °C26 May 1984	-0.4 °C11 December 1984	21.0 °C	15 mm	185	1
1983	41.6 °C17 July 1983	-2.1 °C21 January 1983	20.2 °C	5 mm	168	10
1982	38.9 °C13 August 1982	-2.2 °C18 January 1982	20.0 °C	20 mm	170	8
1981	42.4 °C29 July 1981	0.0 °C12 January 1981	21.1 °C	5 mm	181	0
1980	42.1 °C19 July 1980	-0.5 °C4 March 1980	21.5 °C	28 mm	195	2
1979	42.1 °C20 July 1979	-0.1 °C11 January 1979	21.7 °C	9 mm	193	1
1978	45.0 °C16 July 1978	-0.9 °C14 January 1978	21.1 °C	1 mm	193	6
1977	43.0 °C15 August 1977	-0.4 °C15 January 1977	20.7 °C	5 mm	169	6
1976	39.7 °C1 July 1976	-1.4 °C11 February 1976	20.6 °C	5 mm	182	6
1975	41.2 °C30 July 1975	-1.1 °C30 December 1975	20.3 °C	56 mm	169	5
1974	43.3 °C6 August 1974	-1.6 °C24 January 1974	20.7 °C	51 mm	188	7
1973	40.3 °C25 July 1973	-3.7 °C3 January 1973	21.0 °C	7 mm	184	9
1972	40.4 °C10 August 1972	-4.4 °C26 December 1972	20.5 °C	28 mm	189	12
1971	39.3 °C7 July 1971	-2.1 °C14 February 1971	20.6 °C	49 mm	176	12
1970	40.4 °C21 May 1970	-2.9 °C16 December 1970	20.8 °C	8 mm	190	8
1969	42.9 °C17 June 1969	-1.3 °C30 January 1969	21.7 °C	13 mm	188	9
1968	43.4 °C27 July 1968	-2.8 °C16 January 1968	20.8 °C	27 mm	183	8
1967	42.8 °C16 July 1967	-5.1 °C22 January 1967	19.4 °C	72 mm	163	16
1966	43.8 °C19 August 1966	-1.7 °C13 January 1966	21.1 °C	83 mm	175	5
1965	41.8 °C14 August 1965	-2.0 °C13 January 1965	20.2 °C	17 mm	157	8
1964	40.0 °C16 July 1964	-6.7 °C21 January 1964	19.5 °C	19 mm	155	25
1963	40.4 °C28 June 1963	-4.2 °C28 December 1963	21.0 °C	61 mm	175	7
1962	40.6 °C27 August 1962	-0.4 °C17 January 1962	21.1 °C	3 mm	177	2
1961	42.7 °C26 July 1961	-1.4 °C25 November 1961	20.0 °C	5 mm	175	8
1960	41.5 °C17 July 1960	-1.5 °C29 January 1960	21.2 °C	7 mm	178	5
1959	41.5 °C12 June 1959	-2.1 °C1 March 1959	19.6 °C	3 mm	175	24
1958	40.7 °C23 August 1958	-1.8 °C31 January 1958	20.9 °C	4 mm	181	5
1957	42.3 °C31 July 1957	-5.6 °C24 January 1957	20.4 °C	6 mm	171	13
1956	41.9 °C8 August 1956	-2.3 °C20 January 1956	20.1 °C	5 mm	165	22
1955	41.2 °C26 August 1955	-1.9 °C5 January 1955	20.5 °C	12 mm	178	12
1954	43.0 °C22 August 1954	-2.5 °C21 January 1954	20.3 °C	16 mm	174	16
1953	42.3 °C22 July 1953	-4.3 °C30 November 1953	19.3 °C	62 mm	182	33
1952	41.1 °C2 June 1952	-3.6 °C11 January 1952	20.4 °C	26 mm	175	12
1951	42.2 °C12 July 1951	-3.0 °C24 January 1951	20.2 °C	3 mm	173	20
1950	40.7 °C29 May 1950	-7.5 °C7 February 1950	19.8 °C	13 mm	174	23
1949	41.2 °C24 August 1949	-5.6 °C1 January 1949	19.6 °C	15 mm	170	33
1948	40.1 °C5 July 1948	-4.2 °C1 March 1948	19.3 °C	13 mm	151	23
1947	41.8 °C6 July 1947	-1.3 °C20 January 1947	20.9 °C	27 mm	179	10
1946	39.6 °C26 May 1946	-3.9 °C20 January 1946	19.9 °C	8 mm	171	14
1945	43.0 °C29 July 1945	-2.9 °C25 January 1945	19.5 °C	13 mm	166	31
1944	42.0 °C15 June 1944	-3.2 °C16 January 1944	20.1 °C	21 mm	181	16
1943	41.1 °C12 August 1943	-2.2 °C7 March 1943	20.3 °C	26 mm	182	19
1942	40.2 °C23 June 1942	-5.1 °C7 January 1942	20.6 °C	38 mm	185	16
1941	39.4 °C14 September 1941	-2.4 °C31 December 1941	20.3 °C	4 mm	170	8
1940	41.2 °C23 August 1940	-1.2 °C16 January 1940	20.0 °C	12 mm	161	5

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.9 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

202 d/yr

+20

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

-8

Annual rainfall

7 mm

-12 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	18.9 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Feb	18.3 °C	-1.3 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	25.2 °C	+1.6 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Apr	30.6 °C	+1.8 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
May	34.6 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jun	37.1 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	38.1 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	39.6 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Sep	36.2 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Oct	31.8 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Nov	27.6 °C	+4.0 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Dec	19.6 °C	+1.1 °C	3 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.8 °C

10 Aug 2025

Coldest day

1.8 °C

19 Dec 2025

Wettest day

1.4 mm

7 Mar 2025

Windiest day

36.9 km/h

25 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

61.2 km/h

1 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

-2.6 °C

25 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

26 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tabuk?

Tabuk has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 19 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tabuk?

The hottest day measured in Tabuk between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1978, reaching 45.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tabuk?

The coldest day measured in Tabuk between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1950, at -7.5 °C.

Does it snow in Tabuk?

Almost never: Tabuk sees virtually no snow, with about 8 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Tabuk warmed?

Yes: Tabuk warmed by +2.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tabuk?

The wettest day measured in Tabuk between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1963, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tabuk?

The windiest day measured in Tabuk between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2020, with winds reaching 55.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tabuk?

The warmest month in Tabuk is August (30.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Tabuk?

Tabuk receives on average 19 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 4 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tabuk?

Tabuk gets on average 11.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,198 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tabuk?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tabuk between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1993, with 1.4 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Tabuk?

Yes: Tabuk has on average 93 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tabuk?

In Tabuk, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 45.7 °C on 12 July 2010, and the lowest was -11.8 °C on 7 February 1950.

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