Riyadh weather in June

In June, Riyadh sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 13.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of June to 13 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Riyadh's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Riyadh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 42°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 28°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 30 min; 5:08 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 6%; 1st clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Riyadh is capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia.

Density: 2,339/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1746

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month.

A typical June day in Riyadh reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 40°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C warmer than May and about 1°C cooler than July.

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Avg high (°C)	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42
Avg low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	41	27
2	41	27
3	41	27
4	42	27
5	42	27
6	42	28
7	42	28
8	42	28
9	42	28
10	42	28
11	42	28
12	42	28
13	42	28
14	42	28
15	42	28
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17	42	28
18	42	28
19	42	28
20	42	28
21	42	28
22	42	28
23	42	28
24	42	28
25	42	28
26	42	28
27	42	28
28	42	28
29	42	28
30	42	28

How June really feels in Riyadh

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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

30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Riyadh weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	20° / 9°	11	2	10.6	8.1
Feb	23° / 11°	5	1.5	11.1	8.9
Mar	28° / 15°	11	1.9	11.8	7.9
Apr	33° / 20°	14	2.7	12.6	4.3
May	39° / 25°	2	0.6	13.2	0.9
Jun	42° / 28°	0	0	13.5	0.0
Jul	43° / 29°	0	0	13.4	0.0
Aug	43° / 29°	0	0	12.9	0.0
Sep	40° / 26°	0	0	12.2	0.4
Oct	35° / 21°	1	0.2	11.4	3.8
Nov	27° / 15°	11	2.1	10.8	8.0
Dec	22° / 10°	9	1.7	10.5	8.6

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 96% of the time in June, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 2% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 2%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	96	96	96	96	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98
Cloudier (%)	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
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23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Riyadh gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
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28	0
29	0
30	0

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
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15	100
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27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in June

Winds average 15 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

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Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of June to 13 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:08 AM to 5:11 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:42 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:11
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	5:08	6:33
2	13.4	5:08	6:34
3	13.4	5:08	6:34
4	13.4	5:08	6:34
5	13.5	5:08	6:35
6	13.5	5:08	6:35
7	13.5	5:07	6:36
8	13.5	5:07	6:36
9	13.5	5:07	6:37
10	13.5	5:07	6:37
11	13.5	5:07	6:37
12	13.5	5:07	6:38
13	13.5	5:07	6:38
14	13.5	5:08	6:38
15	13.5	5:08	6:39
16	13.5	5:08	6:39
17	13.5	5:08	6:39
18	13.5	5:08	6:40
19	13.5	5:08	6:40
20	13.5	5:08	6:40
21	13.5	5:08	6:40
22	13.5	5:09	6:41
23	13.5	5:09	6:41
24	13.5	5:09	6:41
25	13.5	5:09	6:41
26	13.5	5:10	6:41
27	13.5	5:10	6:41
28	13.5	5:10	6:42
29	13.5	5:10	6:42
30	13.5	5:11	6:42

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 7.73 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in June across the year — June's 7.73 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.8	Intense
2	7.8	Intense
3	7.8	Intense
4	7.8	Intense
5	7.8	Intense
6	7.8	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.8	Intense
9	7.8	Intense
10	7.8	Intense
11	7.7	Intense
12	7.7	Intense
13	7.7	Intense
14	7.7	Intense
15	7.7	Intense
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18	7.7	Intense
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20	7.7	Intense
21	7.7	Intense
22	7.7	Intense
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24	7.7	Intense
25	7.7	Intense
26	7.7	Intense
27	7.7	Intense
28	7.7	Intense
29	7.7	Intense
30	7.7	Intense

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Riyadh

In seasonPeak

In June, Riyadh sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

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Is June a good time to visit Riyadh?

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

0.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

1.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Riyadh.

What to pack for Riyadh in June

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

In June, Riyadh sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Riyadh in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Riyadh peaks around July 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 4 (moderate).

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)	6	7	9	7	10	9	11	11	9	8	5	3
Level	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	6	High
Feb	7	Very high
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	7	Very high
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	5	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Riyadh in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Riyadh 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	68	75	93	89	85	71	70	65	54	51	59	63
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	68	Unhealthy
Feb	75	Unhealthy
Mar	93	Unhealthy
Apr	89	Unhealthy
May	85	Unhealthy
Jun	71	Unhealthy
Jul	70	Unhealthy
Aug	65	Unhealthy
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	51	Poor
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	63	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Riyadh?

Riyadh sits at 24.7°N, 46.7°E, 612 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is ‘Irqah, 11 km away.

Topography around Riyadh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Riyadh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 610 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 688 m.

The land around Riyadh is covered by artificial surfaces (86%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (74%) and bare terrain (23%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

artificial surfaces 86%

16 km

194 m

artificial surfaces 74%

80 km

688 m

bare terrain 93%

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← May Riyadh year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: ‘Irqah 11 km · Ad Dir‘īyah 20 km · Al Kharj 86 km · Ad Dilam 89 km · Rumāḩ 107 km · Ḥawṭah Banī Tamīm 133 km · Shaqra 160 km · Ad Dawādimī 236 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 Riyadh (24.6877°, 46.7219°, elevation 612 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	41	27
2	41	27
3	41	27
4	42	27
5	42	27
6	42	28
7	42	28
8	42	28
9	42	28
10	42	28
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21	42	28
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23	42	28
24	42	28
25	42	28
26	42	28
27	42	28
28	42	28
29	42	28
30	42	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

	Rain chance (%)
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	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
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	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	41	27
2	41	27
3	41	27
4	42	27
5	42	27
6	42	28
7	42	28
8	42	28
9	42	28
10	42	28
11	42	28
12	42	28
13	42	28
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15	42	28
16	42	28
17	42	28
18	42	28
19	42	28
20	42	28
21	42	28
22	42	28
23	42	28
24	42	28
25	42	28
26	42	28
27	42	28
28	42	28
29	42	28
30	42	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
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	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
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	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	41	27
2	41	27
3	41	27
4	42	27
5	42	27
6	42	28
7	42	28
8	42	28
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17	42	28
18	42	28
19	42	28
20	42	28
21	42	28
22	42	28
23	42	28
24	42	28
25	42	28
26	42	28
27	42	28
28	42	28
29	42	28
30	42	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	97	3
6	98	2
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100