Climate and average weather in Al Bahah
In Al Bahah, the summers are sweltering, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Al Bahah typically varies from 12°C to 33°C, and is rarely below 9°C or above 35°C. June is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Al Bahah for warm-weather activities is from mid October to mid April.
- Hottest
- Jun
- 33°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 12°
- Wettest
- Aug
- 148 mm
- Driest
- Nov
- 17 mm
- Rain / yr
- 613 mm
- 119 wet days
- Daylight
- 10.8–13.2 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 2,176 m
- 20.0°N
- Clearest
- Feb
- 24% cloud
Al Bahah is city in Saudi Arabia.
- Founded
- 1600
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Al Bahah weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid October to mid April.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Al Bahah, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 4.7 months, from May 10 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 30°C. The hottest month of the year in Al Bahah is June, with an average high of 33°C and low of 23°C.
The cool season lasts 2.7 months, from December 1 to February 19, with daily high temperatures below 23°C. The coldest month of the year in Al Bahah is January, with an average low of 12°C and high of 21°C.
Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 21 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 23 |
| Avg low (°C) | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 12 |
| Feb | 23 | 14 |
| Mar | 25 | 16 |
| Apr | 28 | 19 |
| May | 31 | 21 |
| Jun | 33 | 23 |
| Jul | 32 | 24 |
| Aug | 31 | 23 |
| Sep | 31 | 21 |
| Oct | 28 | 18 |
| Nov | 25 | 15 |
| Dec | 23 | 13 |
How hot and cold Al Bahah really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Al Bahah feels like about 33°C (around June 11). About 52 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in June.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 21 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 22 |
| Air high (°C) | 21 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 23 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 |
| Air low (°C) | 12 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 13 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21 | 21 | 12 | 12 |
| Feb | 23 | 23 | 14 | 14 |
| Mar | 25 | 25 | 16 | 16 |
| Apr | 28 | 28 | 19 | 19 |
| May | 31 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
| Jun | 33 | 33 | 23 | 23 |
| Jul | 32 | 32 | 23 | 24 |
| Aug | 31 | 31 | 23 | 23 |
| Sep | 31 | 31 | 21 | 21 |
| Oct | 28 | 28 | 18 | 18 |
| Nov | 25 | 25 | 15 | 15 |
| Dec | 22 | 23 | 13 | 13 |
Average hourly temperature in Al Bahah
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on June afternoons, near 33°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 12°C.
Al Bahah weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 21° / 12° | 42 | 6.2 | 10.9 | 7.6 |
| Feb | 23° / 14° | 22 | 3.6 | 11.3 | 8.5 |
| Mar | 25° / 16° | 35 | 6.6 | 11.9 | 8.1 |
| Apr | 28° / 19° | 43 | 9.7 | 12.4 | 6.7 |
| May | 31° / 21° | 51 | 15 | 12.9 | 4.4 |
| Jun | 33° / 23° | 31 | 9.2 | 13.2 | 3.7 |
| Jul | 32° / 24° | 37 | 9.7 | 13.1 | 4.1 |
| Aug | 31° / 23° | 148 | 20 | 12.7 | 3.5 |
| Sep | 31° / 21° | 130 | 19.5 | 12.1 | 3.8 |
| Oct | 28° / 18° | 38 | 10.3 | 11.5 | 6.6 |
| Nov | 25° / 15° | 17 | 4.8 | 11.1 | 8.3 |
| Dec | 23° / 13° | 21 | 3.9 | 10.8 | 8.3 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Al Bahah gets about 613 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 2.9 months, from around Jul 20 to Oct 14, peaking in August at about 71% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 8.
August is the wettest month by volume, with 148 mm over about 20 wet days; November is the driest, with 17 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 19 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 48 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 64 | 33 | 17 | 14 |
| Rain days | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 19 | 6 |
| Feb | 13 | 4 |
| Mar | 21 | 7 |
| Apr | 32 | 10 |
| May | 48 | 15 |
| Jun | 32 | 9 |
| Jul | 32 | 10 |
| Aug | 64 | 20 |
| Sep | 64 | 20 |
| Oct | 33 | 10 |
| Nov | 17 | 5 |
| Dec | 14 | 4 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Al Bahah collects about 613 mm of rain across 119 wet days — roughly 51 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 148 mm, while November is the driest at just 17 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 54% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 42 | 22 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 31 | 37 | 148 | 130 | 38 | 17 | 21 |
| Rain days | 6 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42 | 6 |
| Feb | 22 | 4 |
| Mar | 35 | 7 |
| Apr | 43 | 10 |
| May | 51 | 15 |
| Jun | 31 | 9 |
| Jul | 37 | 10 |
| Aug | 148 | 20 |
| Sep | 130 | 20 |
| Oct | 38 | 10 |
| Nov | 17 | 5 |
| Dec | 21 | 4 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Al Bahah, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around September 19 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around December 29. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 93% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around June 15 and lasts for 3.2 months, ending around September 18. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 34% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 79 | 87 | 88 | 90 | 89 | 83 | 68 | 66 | 83 | 93 | 92 | 88 |
| Cloudier (%) | 21 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 79 | 21 |
| Feb | 87 | 13 |
| Mar | 88 | 12 |
| Apr | 90 | 10 |
| May | 89 | 11 |
| Jun | 83 | 17 |
| Jul | 68 | 32 |
| Aug | 66 | 34 |
| Sep | 83 | 17 |
| Oct | 93 | 7 |
| Nov | 92 | 8 |
| Dec | 88 | 12 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 5, brings about 13 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 10 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 2 h 24 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.9 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 11.1 | 10.8 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:56 | 6:49 | 6:28 | 6:01 | 5:42 | 5:38 | 5:47 | 5:58 | 6:05 | 6:13 | 6:28 | 6:46 |
| Sunset (PM) | 5:51 | 6:08 | 6:20 | 6:28 | 6:39 | 6:50 | 6:53 | 6:39 | 6:12 | 5:45 | 5:30 | 5:34 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10.9 | 6:56 | 5:51 |
| Feb | 11.3 | 6:49 | 6:08 |
| Mar | 11.9 | 6:28 | 6:20 |
| Apr | 12.4 | 6:01 | 6:28 |
| May | 12.9 | 5:42 | 6:39 |
| Jun | 13.2 | 5:38 | 6:50 |
| Jul | 13.1 | 5:47 | 6:53 |
| Aug | 12.7 | 5:58 | 6:39 |
| Sep | 12.1 | 6:05 | 6:12 |
| Oct | 11.5 | 6:13 | 5:45 |
| Nov | 11.1 | 6:28 | 5:30 |
| Dec | 10.8 | 6:46 | 5:34 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Al Bahah averages about 19 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 25 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 3.4 months, from around Sep 24 to Jan 6. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 24 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is August, down near 7 sunny days — about 72% fewer than the October peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 20 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 24 | 22 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Gloomy | Mixed | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | Bright |
| Feb | 21 | Bright |
| Mar | 23 | Brilliant |
| Apr | 23 | Brilliant |
| May | 22 | Bright |
| Jun | 16 | Bright |
| Jul | 10 | Mixed |
| Aug | 7 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 15 | Mixed |
| Oct | 25 | Brilliant |
| Nov | 24 | Brilliant |
| Dec | 22 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Al Bahah, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 2.7 months, from around July 5 to September 23. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 57% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 24 to May 12, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 85 | 84 | 71 | 60 | 51 | 65 | 51 | 22 | 54 | 80 | 68 | 80 |
| Comfortable (%) | 15 | 15 | 24 | 34 | 33 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 29 | 20 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 85 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 84 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Mar | 71 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| Apr | 60 | 34 | 6 | 0 |
| May | 51 | 33 | 14 | 1 |
| Jun | 65 | 22 | 12 | 1 |
| Jul | 51 | 23 | 18 | 8 |
| Aug | 22 | 22 | 34 | 22 |
| Sep | 54 | 22 | 19 | 5 |
| Oct | 80 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| Nov | 68 | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| Dec | 80 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Al Bahah is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6 | calm |
| Feb | 7 | calm |
| Mar | 7 | calm |
| Apr | 7 | calm |
| May | 6 | calm |
| Jun | 6 | calm |
| Jul | 6 | calm |
| Aug | 5 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 6 | calm |
| Nov | 6 | calm |
| Dec | 6 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Al Bahah
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Al Bahah's rainy season runs August–September, when most of the year's rain falls.
Al Bahah sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.
Best time to visit Al Bahah
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Al Bahah throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late October, Al Bahah is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Al Bahah for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid October to mid April, with a peak score in the last week of February.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| Rating | ideal | ideal | ideal | good | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | ideal | ideal |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.7 | ideal |
| Feb | 8.4 | ideal |
| Mar | 8.1 | ideal |
| Apr | 6.7 | good |
| May | 4.4 | fair |
| Jun | 3.7 | fair |
| Jul | 4.1 | fair |
| Aug | 3.6 | fair |
| Sep | 3.8 | fair |
| Oct | 6.5 | good |
| Nov | 8.3 | ideal |
| Dec | 8.3 | ideal |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Al Bahah for hot-weather activities run from mid February to late May and again from late September to mid December, with a peak score in the third week of October.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Al Bahah, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around June (highs near 33°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 21°C), pack sun protection.
In June, Al Bahah sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Al Bahah by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Al Bahah peaks around April 10 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (high).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 8 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 |
| Level | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | Very high |
| Feb | 11 | Extreme |
| Mar | 12 | Extreme |
| Apr | 13 | Extreme |
| May | 11 | Extreme |
| Jun | 12 | Extreme |
| Jul | 12 | Extreme |
| Aug | 11 | Extreme |
| Sep | 11 | Extreme |
| Oct | 11 | Extreme |
| Nov | 8 | Very high |
| Dec | 7 | High |
Average hourly UV index in Al Bahah
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in April the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 4 | 5.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 | 4 |
| Feb | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Mar | 7.5 | 6 |
| Apr | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| May | 8 | 6 |
| Jun | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Aug | 8 | 5.5 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 7.5 | 5 |
| Nov | 6.5 | 3.5 |
| Dec | 6 | 2.5 |
Air quality in Al Bahah by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Al Bahah is worst in September — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 79 | 79 | 79 | 78 | 76 | 74 | 64 | 69 | 81 | 76 | 74 | 80 |
| Level | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy | Unhealthy |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 79 | Unhealthy |
| Feb | 79 | Unhealthy |
| Mar | 79 | Unhealthy |
| Apr | 78 | Unhealthy |
| May | 76 | Unhealthy |
| Jun | 74 | Unhealthy |
| Jul | 64 | Unhealthy |
| Aug | 69 | Unhealthy |
| Sep | 81 | Unhealthy |
| Oct | 76 | Unhealthy |
| Nov | 74 | Unhealthy |
| Dec | 80 | Unhealthy |
Growing season
Al Bahah is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Al Bahah banks about 4,701 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around June.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 212 | 235 | 330 | 396 | 492 | 541 | 550 | 523 | 481 | 402 | 298 | 241 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 212 |
| Feb | 235 |
| Mar | 330 |
| Apr | 396 |
| May | 492 |
| Jun | 541 |
| Jul | 550 |
| Aug | 523 |
| Sep | 481 |
| Oct | 402 |
| Nov | 298 |
| Dec | 241 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Al Bahah receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.6 and 7.0 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 7.3 months, from around Mar 2 to Oct 9. The brightest month is May, averaging about 7.0 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is January, down near 4.7 kWh/m² — roughly 33% less than the May peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.5 | Bright |
| Mar | 6.3 | Intense |
| Apr | 6.8 | Intense |
| May | 7.0 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.0 | Intense |
| Jul | 6.5 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.3 | Intense |
| Sep | 6.2 | Intense |
| Oct | 5.9 | Bright |
| Nov | 5.1 | Bright |
| Dec | 4.7 | Bright |
Where is Al Bahah?
Al Bahah sits at 20.0°N, 41.5°E, 2,176 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Baljurashi, 19 km away.
Topography around Al Bahah
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Al Bahah.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Bahah has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,016 m around an average of 2,134 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,016 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,544 m.
The land around Al Bahah is covered by shrubs (34%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, bare terrain (48%), shrubs (23%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (84%) within 80 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 Al Bahah (20.0129°, 41.4677°, elevation 2,176 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).