Rafha weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Rafha is March — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with April and November close behind. Rafha averages about 3,753 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in March.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,753
- Sunniest month
- March
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 33 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 9k
- Elevation
- 441 m
When is the best time to visit Rafha?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Rafha is March, then April and November. 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 Rafha?
Rafha is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,753 hours of sunshine a year. 99 Sunshine Score points separate March (99) from July (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #14 of 29 destinations in Saudi Arabia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,750 hours. Rain is a non-event in Rafha — about 33 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66 | 16° / 61°F | 3° / 37°F | 4 mm | 4 |
| February | 91 | 19° / 66°F | 5° / 41°F | 3 mm | 5 |
| March | 99 | 25° / 77°F | 10° / 50°F | 4 mm | 7 |
| April | 99 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 6 mm | 8 |
| May | 50 | 37° / 99°F | 22° / 72°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| June | 10 | 41° / 106°F | 25° / 77°F | 0 mm | 11 |
| July | 0 | 43° / 109°F | 27° / 81°F | 0 mm | 11 |
| August | 0 | 43° / 109°F | 27° / 81°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| September | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 24° / 75°F | 0 mm | 9 |
| October | 80 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 1 mm | 7 |
| November | 98 | 23° / 73°F | 11° / 52°F | 10 mm | 4 |
| December | 83 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 4 mm | 4 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Najaf Iraq · 277 km · best in Feb · 3,445 h sun/yr
- Hail Saudi Arabia · 300 km · best in Feb · 3,883 h sun/yr
- Al-Jawf Saudi Arabia · 328 km · best in Apr · 3,868 h sun/yr
- Qassim Saudi Arabia · 371 km · best in Jan · 3,777 h sun/yr
- Baghdad Iraq · 410 km · best in Apr · 3,313 h sun/yr
- Basra Iraq · 414 km · best in Feb · 3,445 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Arar Saudi Arabia · 267 km · 3,737 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- King Khaled Military City Saudi Arabia · 276 km · 3,737 h sun/yr · best in Feb
- Hafar Al-Batin Saudi Arabia · 294 km · 3,555 h sun/yr · best in Feb
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