Climate · Riyadh

Riyadh in January

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Riyadh is warm: highs near 71°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Riyadh is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
71°F22°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 8% of days
Daylight
10h 47mon average

Is January a good time to visit Riyadh?


Yes. January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

8% of days in January, against 0% to 9% through the year.

Cloud cover

29% cover in January, against 16% to 41% through the year.

Daylight

10h 47m in January, against 10h 38m to 13h 38m 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. December75°24°low 49°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. January71°22°low 45°low 7°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February76°24°low 48°low 9°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Riyadh sits, in January

Asia/Riyadh

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:39 AMsets 5:25 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 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

  • Jeddah84°29° · 67°19° 1
  • Umluj78°26° · 61°16° 0
  • AlUla72°22° · 40°4° 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.