Taymā’ climate — normals and trends
Taymā’ (Saudi Arabia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 28 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 (9.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Taymā’ averages 12 frost days, 179 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 6 rainy days per year.
Taymā’ has warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.43 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 28 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.1 °C (on 30 July 2020) and the coldest -10.2 °C (on 10 January 1949).
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
Taymā’Tabuk Region
- coords
- 27.62°, 38.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.9°C
Average daily high
28.1°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
28mm
Sunshine / day
11.5h
Mean relative humidity
33%
Average peak wind
19.6km/h
Seasonal range
21.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
12 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
179 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
6 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
25.6 °C
Average feels-like low
10.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
99 d/yr
Solar radiation
23.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.7 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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
44.1 °C
30 July 2020
Coldest day
-10.2 °C
10 January 1949
Wettest day
37 mm
18 December 1985
Windiest day
63.5 km/h
25 March 2003
Strongest gust
101.9 km/h
25 March 2003
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
5 August 2022
Coldest feels-like
-15.1 °C
8 January 1949
Snowiest day
0.8 cm
28 December 1971
Sunniest day
13.0 h
4 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | 18.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 24.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 3 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 30.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 34.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 37.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 37.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 39.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Sep | 36.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 31.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Nov | 26.8 °C | +3.6 °C | 3 mm | -3 mm |
| Dec | 19.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Taymā’?
Taymā’ has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 28 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Taymā’?
The hottest day measured in Taymā’ between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 2020, reaching 44.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Taymā’?
The coldest day measured in Taymā’ between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1949, at -10.2 °C.
Does it snow in Taymā’?
Almost never: Taymā’ sees virtually no snow, with about 12 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Taymā’ warmed?
Yes: Taymā’ warmed by +3.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Taymā’?
The wettest day measured in Taymā’ between 1940 and 2025 was 18 December 1985, with 37 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Taymā’?
The windiest day measured in Taymā’ between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 2003, with winds reaching 63.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Taymā’?
The warmest month in Taymā’ is August (30.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Taymā’?
Taymā’ receives on average 28 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 6 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Taymā’?
Taymā’ 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 Taymā’?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Taymā’ between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1971, with 0.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Taymā’?
Yes: Taymā’ has on average 99 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Taymā’?
In Taymā’, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 5 August 2022, and the lowest was -15.1 °C on 8 January 1949.
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