Abqaiq weather in January

In January, Abqaiq sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 16 mm of rain across 3 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Abqaiq's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abqaiq's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
12th warmest
Overnight low
10°
1st coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
3 wet days
Daylight
10 h 30 min
6:34 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover
30%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Abqaiq is Saudi Aramco gated community.

Founded
1940

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical January day in Abqaiq reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 3°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Abqaiq

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Abqaiq weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 10°16310.68.1
Feb24° / 12°111.711.18.8
Mar28° / 15°132.211.87.6
Apr34° / 21°51.112.63.8
May40° / 26°10.113.30.4
Jun44° / 29°0013.60.0
Jul45° / 30°0013.50.0
Aug44° / 30°0012.90.0
Sep41° / 26°0012.20.0
Oct36° / 22°00.211.42.5
Nov29° / 17°121.910.77.2
Dec23° / 12°162.510.48.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 68% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17921
27723
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Abqaiq gets around 16 mm of rain over 3 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2010
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317

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
18884
28884
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58884
68785
78785
88974
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108974
119064
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139064
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209532
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229532
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249541
259541
269451
279451
289451
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Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

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Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of January to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 4:57 PM to 5:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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610.46:345:00
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.78 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.25 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Abqaiq

In seasonPeak

None of Abqaiq's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Abqaiq sees seasonal dust haze (February–September), heaviest in May.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Abqaiq?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is one of the better times to visit Abqaiq for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Abqaiq in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Abqaiq sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 10°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 3 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Abqaiq in January

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 46 km away) is warmest in August at about 33°C and coldest in February near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Mar 18 to Dec 28 — about 9.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar20Cool
Apr23Refreshing
May27Warm
Jun30Tropical
Jul32Tropical
Aug33Tropical
Sep32Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov26Warm
Dec21Refreshing

UV index in Abqaiq in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abqaiq peaks around July 16 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan5High
Feb8Very high
Mar7High
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov6High
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Abqaiq in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Abqaiq is worst in June — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.6× the cleanest month (November, 61 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJun 2198 µg/m³Nov 1061 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb80Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr92Unhealthy
May90Unhealthy
Jun98Unhealthy
Jul97Unhealthy
Aug85Unhealthy
Sep71Unhealthy
Oct62Unhealthy
Nov61Unhealthy
Dec73Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Abqaiq?

Abqaiq sits at 25.9°N, 49.7°E, 103 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Al Baţţālīyah, 56 km away.

Topography around Abqaiq

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Abqaiq.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abqaiq has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 90 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m.

The land around Abqaiq is covered by bare terrain (67%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, bare terrain (97%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
122 m
80 km
331 m
treesshrubsartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Al Baţţālīyah 56 km · Al Mubarraz 59 km · Dhahran 59 km · Al Munayzilah 61 km · Al Hufūf 64 km · Aţ Ţaraf 64 km · Thuqbah 65 km · Khobar 66 km

Saudi Arabia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type G
230 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 47% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$34,537
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
35.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 404

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Abqaiq (25.934°, 49.6688°, elevation 103 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).