Al-Jawf weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · regional city · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Al-Jawf is April — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with October and March close behind. Al-Jawf averages about 3,868 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in April.

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Sun hours / year

3,868

Sunniest month

April

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

25 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

128k

Elevation

669 m

When is the best time to visit Al-Jawf?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Al-Jawf is April, then October and March. The dullest month is July (10/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Al-Jawf?

Al-Jawf is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,868 hours of sunshine a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate April (100) from July (10), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 29 destinations in Saudi Arabia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,750 hours. Rain is a non-event in Al-Jawf — about 25 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Hail Saudi Arabia · 303 km · best in Feb · 3,883 h sun/yr
• Tabuk Saudi Arabia · 372 km · best in Feb · 4,052 h sun/yr
• Amman Jordan · 448 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
• Najaf Iraq · 478 km · best in Feb · 3,445 h sun/yr
• Damascus Syria · 527 km · best in May · 3,468 h sun/yr
• Qassim Saudi Arabia · 529 km · best in Jan · 3,777 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Arar Saudi Arabia · 160 km · 3,737 h sun/yr · best in Mar
• Turaif Saudi Arabia · 249 km · 3,774 h sun/yr · best in May
• Gurayat Saudi Arabia · 325 km · 3,747 h sun/yr · best in Oct
• Rafha Saudi Arabia · 328 km · 3,753 h sun/yr · best in Mar

Head-to-head

How Al-Jawf compares month by month: Al-Jawf vs Amman · Al-Jawf vs Tabuk · Al-Jawf vs Hail · all comparisons