The Climate in Saudi Arabia

Temperatures in Saudi Arabia are different in each part of the country.

Saudi Arabia has a dry climate with high temperatures in most of the country. Particularly in the central area and the north, the temperatures can be very high.

The south has moderate temperatures, which can go as low as 10 C (50 F) during the summer in the mountains of Sarawat in Asir.

During the winter, the temperatures are moderate in general, but turning cold at night sometimes descending below freezing specially in mountainous areas of the west and along the northern border.

Torrential rains fall along the Red Sea coast during March and April.

In the rest of the country it barely rains.