Ad Dammam weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · city break · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Ad Dammam is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with March and April close behind. Ad Dammam averages about 3,439 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 22°C / 72°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in February.

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Sun hours / year

3,439

Sunniest month

February

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

45 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

1.3M

Elevation

35 m

When is the best time to visit Ad Dammam?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Ad Dammam is February, then March and April. The dullest month is July (0/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Ad Dammam?

Ad Dammam is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,439 hours of sunshine a year. 99 Sunshine Score points separate February (99) from July (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #28 of 29 destinations in Saudi Arabia for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,750 hours. Rain is a non-event in Ad Dammam — about 45 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Manama Bahrain · 87 km · best in May · 2,892 h sun/yr
• Doha Qatar · 225 km · best in May · 2,868 h sun/yr
• Bushehr Iran · 294 km · best in May · 3,361 h sun/yr
• Asaluyeh Iran · 309 km · best in Apr · 3,506 h sun/yr
• Riyadh Saudi Arabia · 353 km · best in Jan · 3,722 h sun/yr
• Kuwait City Kuwait · 355 km · best in Mar · 3,451 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Hofuf Saudi Arabia · 135 km · 3,616 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Khark Iran · 315 km · 3,424 h sun/yr · best in Apr

Head-to-head

How Ad Dammam compares month by month: Ad Dammam vs Riyadh · Ad Dammam vs Doha · Ad Dammam vs Manama · Ad Dammam vs Bushehr · all comparisons