Hail weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · city break · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Hail is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with March and April close behind. Hail averages about 3,883 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in February.

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Sun hours / year

3,883

Sunniest month

February

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

25 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

606k

Elevation

1,000 m

When is the best time to visit Hail?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Hail is February, then March and April. 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 Hail?

Hail is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,883 hours of sunshine a year. 90 Sunshine Score points separate February (100) from July (10), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 29 destinations in Saudi Arabia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,750 hours. Rain is a non-event in Hail — about 25 mm in a typical year.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Qassim Saudi Arabia · 243 km · best in Jan · 3,777 h sun/yr
• Al-Jawf Saudi Arabia · 303 km · best in Apr · 3,868 h sun/yr
• Medina Saudi Arabia · 377 km · best in Feb · 3,750 h sun/yr
• Tabuk Saudi Arabia · 508 km · best in Feb · 4,052 h sun/yr
• Najaf Iraq · 570 km · best in Feb · 3,445 h sun/yr
• Riyadh Saudi Arabia · 571 km · best in Jan · 3,722 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Rafha Saudi Arabia · 300 km · 3,753 h sun/yr · best in Mar
• Al-Ula Saudi Arabia · 369 km · 3,953 h sun/yr · best in Feb
• King Khaled Military City Saudi Arabia · 382 km · 3,737 h sun/yr · best in Feb

Head-to-head

How Hail compares month by month: Hail vs Medina · Hail vs Qassim · Hail vs Al-Jawf · all comparisons