Climate · Riyadh

Riyadh in October

Very hot and dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Riyadh is very hot: highs near 99°F, lows near 69°F. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Riyadh is very hot: highs near 37°C, lows near 21°C. Rain is rare, and the days shorten by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
99°F37°Caverage
Low
69°F21°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 0% of days
Daylight
11h 31mon average

Is October a good time to visit Riyadh?


October sits outside Riyadh's best months, which run from December to February. Expect very hot days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 99°F in October, against 71°F to 112°F through the year.Highs near 37°C in October, against 22°C to 44°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

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

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 31m in October, against 10h 38m to 13h 38m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. September107°42°low 77°low 25°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. October99°37°low 69°low 21°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. November85°29°low 59°low 15°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Riyadh sits, in October

Asia/Riyadh

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:50 AMsets 5:27 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days

  • AlUla99°37° · 62°17° 0
  • Jeddah97°36° · 79°26° 0
  • Umluj93°34° · 77°25° 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.