Riyadh Weather in January
Average highs run from 22°C on January 1 to 22°C on January 31, and lows from 8°C to 8°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 0 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 21°C
- Average low
- 7°C
- Precipitation
- 6 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 31°CJan 30, 2015
- Reanalysis low
- -4°CJan 6, 1992
- Daylight
- 10 h 39 min to 11 h 02 min
- Cloud cover
- 32%
- Humidity
- 42%
- Dew point
- -1°C
- Wind
- 14.4 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 22°C | 8°C | 27°C 2009 | 1°C 2007 | 2% |
| Jan 2 | 22°C | 8°C | 27°C 2020 | 0°C 2007 | 2% |
| Jan 3 | 22°C | 8°C | 29°C 2020 | -1°C 2007 | 2% |
| Jan 4 | 22°C | 8°C | 28°C 2020 | -1°C 1992 | 2% |
| Jan 5 | 21°C | 7°C | 26°C 1993 | -3°C 1992 | 3% |
| Jan 6 | 21°C | 7°C | 27°C 2004 | -4°C 1992 | 3% |
| Jan 7 | 21°C | 7°C | 28°C 2004 | -1°C 1992 | 3% |
| Jan 8 | 21°C | 7°C | 28°C 2012 | 1°C 2008 | 4% |
| Jan 9 | 21°C | 7°C | 28°C 2012 | 1°C 1992 | 4% |
| Jan 10 | 21°C | 7°C | 26°C 2017 | 1°C 1992 | 4% |
| Jan 11 | 21°C | 7°C | 28°C 2012 | 0°C 2015 | 4% |
| Jan 12 | 21°C | 7°C | 29°C 2012 | 1°C 2005 | 4% |
| Jan 13 | 21°C | 7°C | 28°C 2012 | -1°C 1992 | 3% |
| Jan 14 | 21°C | 7°C | 26°C 2019 | -2°C 2009 | 4% |
| Jan 15 | 21°C | 7°C | 28°C 2019 | -1°C 2009 | 4% |
| Jan 16 | 20°C | 7°C | 29°C 2019 | -4°C 2008 | 4% |
| Jan 17 | 20°C | 6°C | 26°C 1999 | -2°C 2008 | 4% |
| Jan 18 | 21°C | 6°C | 28°C 1991 | -2°C 1993 | 4% |
| Jan 19 | 21°C | 6°C | 27°C 1991 | 2°C 1993 | 4% |
| Jan 20 | 21°C | 6°C | 29°C 1991 | 0°C 2015 | 4% |
| Jan 21 | 21°C | 7°C | 29°C 1991 | 1°C 2012 | 3% |
| Jan 22 | 21°C | 7°C | 28°C 1991 | -1°C 2012 | 3% |
| Jan 23 | 21°C | 7°C | 29°C 1991 | 2°C 2007 | 3% |
| Jan 24 | 21°C | 7°C | 28°C 2016 | 0°C 2012 | 3% |
| Jan 25 | 22°C | 7°C | 28°C 2013 | 2°C 2017 | 3% |
| Jan 26 | 22°C | 7°C | 29°C 2006 | 1°C 2020 | 3% |
| Jan 27 | 22°C | 7°C | 30°C 2006 | 1°C 2020 | 3% |
| Jan 28 | 22°C | 8°C | 29°C 2003 | -1°C 1991 | 3% |
| Jan 29 | 22°C | 8°C | 28°C 2015 | -2°C 1992 | 2% |
| Jan 30 | 22°C | 8°C | 31°C 2015 | -1°C 2016 | 2% |
| Jan 31 | 22°C | 8°C | 30°C 1994 | 0°C 2016 | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 5:16 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 5:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.