Climate · Jeddah

Jeddah in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Jeddah is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Jeddah is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 13 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 11% of days
Daylight
10h 59mon average

Is January a good time to visit Jeddah?


Yes. January is one of Jeddah's best months (January to February).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in January, against 84°F to 101°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in January, against 29°C to 38°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

11% of days in January, against 0% to 11% through the year.

Cloud cover

25% cover in January, against 19% to 42% through the year.

Daylight

10h 59m in January, against 10h 50m to 13h 25m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. December87°31°low 71°low 22°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January84°29°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February85°29°low 67°low 19°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Jeddah sits, in January

Asia/Riyadh

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
7:03 AMsets 6:00 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
21.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Umluj434 km north-west

The land around Jeddah, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Saudi Arabia in January

high · low · wet days

  • Umluj78°26° · 61°16° 0
  • AlUla72°22° · 40°4° 0
  • Riyadh71°22° · 45°7° 1

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Jeddah. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.