Ta'if weather in February

In February, Ta'if sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 76% of the time in February, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 hours at the start of February to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Ta'if's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ta'if's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 9 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:55 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

Ta'if is city in Saudi Arabia.

Density: 2,145/km²; people per km²
Founded: ~501 CE

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical February day in Ta'if reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 2°C warmer than January and about 3°C cooler than March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	11
2	22	11
3	22	11
4	22	11
5	22	11
6	22	11
7	22	11
8	22	11
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13

How February really feels in Ta'if

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Ta'if weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 10th-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	21° / 11°	33	5	10.9	7.7
Feb	23° / 12°	9	2.5	11.3	8.7
Mar	25° / 14°	20	4.9	11.8	8.3
Apr	28° / 17°	35	7.7	12.5	6.9
May	31° / 21°	25	6.3	13	4.9
Jun	34° / 23°	3	1	13.3	3.8
Jul	34° / 24°	3	1	13.2	4.1
Aug	34° / 24°	15	4.6	12.7	3.7
Sep	33° / 22°	14	3.9	12.1	4.3
Oct	29° / 18°	9	2.6	11.5	6.9
Nov	25° / 14°	13	3.3	11	8.5
Dec	22° / 12°	17	3.1	10.7	8.3

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

	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
Clearer (%)	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91
Cloudier (%)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Ta'if gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.5 wet days in February. 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.

	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
Rain chance (%)	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the dry band about 95% 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
Dry (%)	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
Comfortable (%)	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5

Wind in February

Winds average 11 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 hours at the start of February to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:17 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
Daylight (h)	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:46
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.0	7:01	6:03
2	11.1	7:00	6:04
3	11.1	7:00	6:04
4	11.1	7:00	6:05
5	11.1	6:59	6:05
6	11.1	6:59	6:06
7	11.1	6:59	6:07
8	11.2	6:58	6:07
9	11.2	6:58	6:08
10	11.2	6:57	6:08
11	11.2	6:57	6:09
12	11.2	6:56	6:10
13	11.2	6:56	6:10
14	11.3	6:55	6:11
15	11.3	6:55	6:11
16	11.3	6:54	6:12
17	11.3	6:54	6:12
18	11.3	6:53	6:13
19	11.3	6:52	6:13
20	11.4	6:52	6:14
21	11.4	6:51	6:14
22	11.4	6:50	6:15
23	11.4	6:50	6:15
24	11.4	6:49	6:16
25	11.5	6:48	6:16
26	11.5	6:48	6:17
27	11.5	6:47	6:17
28	11.5	6:46	6:17

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.53 kWh/m² to a high of 7.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — February's 5.59 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Ta'if

In seasonPeak

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

Ta'if sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

Dust

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Ta'if?

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

8.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

6.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Ta'if for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ta'if in February

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

In February, Ta'if sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ta'if in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ta'if peaks around July 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 6 (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	10	12	13	12	12	13	11	11	10	7	6
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	7	Very high
Dec	6	High

Air quality in Ta'if in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ta'if is worst in March — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), 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)	46	49	55	54	50	48	40	45	48	44	42	47
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	49	Poor
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	54	Poor
May	50	Poor
Jun	48	Poor
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	44	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ta'if?

Ta'if sits at 21.3°N, 40.4°E, 1,672 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Ash Shafā, 24 km away.

Topography around Ta'if

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ta'if has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 1,682 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,037 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,535 m.

The land around Ta'if is covered by artificial surfaces (73%) within 3 km, bare terrain (73%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

159 m

artificial surfaces 73%

16 km

1,037 m

bare terrain 73%

80 km

2,535 m

bare terrain 84%

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← January Ta'if year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Ash Shafā 24 km · Mecca 64 km · Al Jumūm 84 km · Al ‘Aqīq 125 km · Al Līth 126 km · Turabah 126 km · Jeddah 130 km · Khulayş 150 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 Ta'if (21.2703°, 40.4158°, elevation 1,672 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	22	11
2	22	11
3	22	11
4	22	11
5	22	11
6	22	11
7	22	11
8	22	11
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	11
2	22	11
3	22	11
4	22	11
5	22	11
6	22	11
7	22	11
8	22	11
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	11
2	22	11
3	22	11
4	22	11
5	22	11
6	22	11
7	22	11
8	22	11
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	23	12
17	23	12
18	23	12
19	23	12
20	23	12
21	23	12
22	23	12
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	93	7
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5