Ad Dir‘īyah weather in November

In November, Ad Dir‘īyah sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 10.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in November, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 06 min at the start of November to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Ad Dir‘īyah's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad Dir‘īyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
9th warmest
Overnight low
15°
5th coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
10 h 48 min
6:16 AM – 5:02 PM
Cloud cover
23%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Ad Dir‘īyah is city in Saudi Arabia.

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

Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical November day in Ad Dir‘īyah reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 8°C cooler than October and about 5°C warmer than December.

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How November really feels in Ad Dir‘īyah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November 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

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

Ad Dir‘īyah weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan20° / 132.410.68.0
Feb23° / 11°71.611.18.8
Mar27° / 15°142.411.88.0
Apr33° / 20°173.112.64.6
May38° / 26°30.713.21.2
Jun41° / 28°0013.50.0
Jul42° / 29°0013.40.0
Aug42° / 29°0012.90.0
Sep39° / 26°0012.20.6
Oct34° / 21°10.311.44.2
Nov26° / 15°142.510.88.1
Dec21° / 11°112.110.58.4

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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29010
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59010
68911
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Ad Dir‘īyah gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.5 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the dry band about 91% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19244
29244
39244
49244
59244
69244
79244
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99244
109253
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159352
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229082
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258992
268992
278893
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308893

Wind in November

Winds average 12 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in November

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of November to 10 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 5:09 PM to 5:01 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.16:065:09
211.06:065:08
311.06:075:08
411.06:085:07
511.06:085:07
611.06:095:06
710.96:105:06
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1210.86:135:04
1310.86:145:03
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1610.86:165:02
1710.86:175:02
1810.76:175:02
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2010.76:195:01
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Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 4.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.74 kWh/m² in June across the year — November's 4.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Ad Dir‘īyah

In seasonPeak

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

Ad Dir‘īyah sees seasonal dust haze (February–September), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Is November a good time to visit Ad Dir‘īyah?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

November is one of the better times to visit Ad Dir‘īyah for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ad Dir‘īyah in November

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

In November, Ad Dir‘īyah sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ad Dir‘īyah in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November 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 Ad Dir‘īyah peaks around July 19 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighVery highExtremeVery highModerateJul 19UV 11Dec 14UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan6High
Feb8Very high
Mar9Very high
Apr7Very high
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct8Very high
Nov5Moderate
Dec4Moderate

Air quality in Ad Dir‘īyah in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ad Dir‘īyah is worst in March — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 51 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyMar 2192 µg/m³Oct 1352 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan68Unhealthy
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar93Unhealthy
Apr89Unhealthy
May85Unhealthy
Jun71Unhealthy
Jul70Unhealthy
Aug65Unhealthy
Sep54Poor
Oct51Poor
Nov59Unhealthy
Dec63Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ad Dir‘īyah?

Ad Dir‘īyah sits at 24.8°N, 46.5°E, 600 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is ‘Irqah, 11 km away.

ShaqraḤawṭah Banī TamīmAd Dawādimī

Topography around Ad Dir‘īyah

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ad Dir‘īyah.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad Dir‘īyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 691 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m.

The land around Ad Dir‘īyah is covered by bare terrain (72%) within 3 km, bare terrain (68%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
328 m
80 km
656 m
treesshrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
November weather nearby: ‘Irqah 11 km · Riyadh 20 km · Al Kharj 104 km · Ad Dilam 106 km · Rumāḩ 110 km · Shaqra 141 km · Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm 144 km · Ad Dawādimī 219 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 Ad Dir‘īyah (24.7519°, 46.5387°, elevation 600 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. 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).