Climate · Riyadh

Riyadh in February

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Riyadh is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 48°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Riyadh is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 9°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 26 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
48°F9°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 4% of days
Daylight
11h 18mon average

Is February a good time to visit Riyadh?


Yes. February is one of Riyadh's best months (December 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 February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 76°F in February, against 71°F to 112°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in February, against 22°C to 44°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

4% of days in February, against 0% to 9% through the year.

Cloud cover

26% cover in February, against 16% to 41% through the year.

Daylight

11h 18m in February, against 10h 38m to 13h 38m through the year.

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

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  1. January71°22°low 45°low 7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. February76°24°low 48°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. March84°29°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Riyadh sits, in February

Asia/Riyadh

this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:28 AMsets 5:47 PM
Above the sea
590 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Jeddah844 km west

The land around Riyadh, shaded by its typical high in February, 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 February

high · low · wet days

  • Jeddah85°29° · 67°19° 0
  • Umluj79°26° · 61°16° 0
  • AlUla76°24° · 42°6° 0

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Riyadh. 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.