Tabuk weather in January

In January, Tabuk sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.1 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tabuk's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tabuk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 1.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:32 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Tabuk is place in Tabuk province, Saudi Arabia.

Founded: 1915

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tabuk reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 2°C cooler than February.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	5
2	18	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	18	4
6	18	4
7	17	4
8	17	4
9	17	4
10	17	4
11	17	4
12	17	4
13	17	4
14	17	4
15	17	4
16	17	4
17	17	4
18	17	4
19	18	4
20	18	4
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	18	4
24	18	4
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5
29	18	5
30	18	5
31	19	5

How January really feels in Tabuk

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Tabuk weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 4°	5	1.1	10.4	7.6
Feb	20° / 6°	2	0.5	11	8.5
Mar	24° / 10°	3	0.6	11.8	9.2
Apr	29° / 14°	1	0.6	12.7	7.3
May	33° / 18°	2	0.4	13.4	4.4
Jun	37° / 21°	0	0	13.8	2.4
Jul	38° / 23°	0	0	13.6	1.5
Aug	38° / 24°	0	0	13	1.4
Sep	36° / 21°	0	0	12.2	2.9
Oct	31° / 16°	1	0.4	11.3	6.1
Nov	24° / 10°	3	0.7	10.6	9.0
Dec	19° / 6°	1	0.4	10.2	8.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	84	84	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	87
Cloudier (%)	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	87	13

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tabuk gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.1 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 5% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	4

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 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	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
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	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of January to 10 h 36 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 7:30 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 6:06 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	31
Daylight (h)	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:30	5:44
2	10.2	7:30	5:44
3	10.2	7:31	5:45
4	10.2	7:31	5:46
5	10.3	7:31	5:46
6	10.3	7:31	5:47
7	10.3	7:31	5:48
8	10.3	7:32	5:48
9	10.3	7:32	5:49
10	10.3	7:32	5:50
11	10.3	7:32	5:50
12	10.3	7:32	5:51
13	10.3	7:32	5:52
14	10.3	7:32	5:53
15	10.4	7:32	5:54
16	10.4	7:32	5:54
17	10.4	7:32	5:55
18	10.4	7:31	5:56
19	10.4	7:31	5:57
20	10.4	7:31	5:57
21	10.5	7:31	5:58
22	10.5	7:31	5:59
23	10.5	7:31	6:00
24	10.5	7:30	6:01
25	10.5	7:30	6:01
26	10.5	7:30	6:02
27	10.6	7:29	6:03
28	10.6	7:29	6:04
29	10.6	7:29	6:05
30	10.6	7:28	6:06
31	10.6	7:28	6:06

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 8.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — January's 4.24 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tabuk

In seasonPeak

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

Tabuk sees seasonal dust haze (April–May), heaviest in May.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Tabuk?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

2.3

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tabuk in January

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

In January, Tabuk sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Tabuk in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tabuk peaks around August 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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)	4	5	9	8	11	12	12	12	10	8	6	4
Level	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	High
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	8	Very high
May	11	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	6	High
Dec	4	Moderate

Air quality in Tabuk 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 Tabuk is worst in April — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 23 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)	23	28	34	44	41	36	32	34	35	28	28	27
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	44	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	36	Poor
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	35	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tabuk?

Tabuk sits at 28.4°N, 36.6°E, 768 m above sea level, in Saudi Arabia. The nearest listed city is Duba, 145 km away.

Topography around Tabuk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tabuk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 764 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,322 m.

The land around Tabuk is covered by artificial surfaces (71%) and bare terrain (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (75%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

23 m

artificial surfaces 71%

16 km

116 m

bare terrain 75%

80 km

1,322 m

bare terrain 97%

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← December Tabuk year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Duba 145 km · Wadi Rum 173 km · Ḩaql 186 km · Aqaba 197 km · Dahab 203 km · Taymā’ 212 km · Ma'an 216 km · Sharm El Sheikh 226 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 Tabuk (28.3998°, 36.5715°, elevation 768 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	18	5
2	18	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	18	4
6	18	4
7	17	4
8	17	4
9	17	4
10	17	4
11	17	4
12	17	4
13	17	4
14	17	4
15	17	4
16	17	4
17	17	4
18	17	4
19	18	4
20	18	4
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	18	4
24	18	4
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5
29	18	5
30	18	5
31	19	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	5
2	18	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	18	4
6	18	4
7	17	4
8	17	4
9	17	4
10	17	4
11	17	4
12	17	4
13	17	4
14	17	4
15	17	4
16	17	4
17	17	4
18	17	4
19	18	4
20	18	4
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	18	4
24	18	4
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5
29	18	5
30	18	5
31	19	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	18	5
2	18	5
3	18	5
4	18	5
5	18	4
6	18	4
7	17	4
8	17	4
9	17	4
10	17	4
11	17	4
12	17	4
13	17	4
14	17	4
15	17	4
16	17	4
17	17	4
18	17	4
19	18	4
20	18	4
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	18	4
24	18	4
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5
29	18	5
30	18	5
31	19	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	86	14
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	86	14
30	86	14
31	87	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	3
8	3
9	3
10	3
11	3
12	3
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	4
22	4
23	4
24	4
25	4
26	4
27	4
28	5
29	5
30	5
31	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1