Turaif weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Turaif is May — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with October and March close behind. Turaif averages about 3,774 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in May.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,774
- Sunniest month
- May
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 31 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 41k
- Elevation
- 853 m
When is the best time to visit Turaif?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Turaif is May, then October and March. The dullest month is July (30/100, 0 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Turaif?
Turaif is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,774 hours of sunshine a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate May (100) from July (30), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #12 of 29 destinations in Saudi Arabia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,750 hours. Rain is a non-event in Turaif — about 31 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41 | 13° / 55°F | 0° / 32°F | 6 mm | 3 |
| February | 66 | 16° / 61°F | 2° / 36°F | 6 mm | 5 |
| March | 99 | 21° / 70°F | 6° / 43°F | 5 mm | 7 |
| April | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 10° / 50°F | 3 mm | 8 |
| May | 100 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| June | 50 | 37° / 99°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 11 |
| July | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 0 mm | 11 |
| August | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 0 mm | 11 |
| September | 70 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 9 |
| October | 100 | 30° / 86°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 6 |
| November | 99 | 20° / 68°F | 7° / 45°F | 3 mm | 4 |
| December | 58 | 15° / 59°F | 2° / 36°F | 6 mm | 3 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Al-Jawf Saudi Arabia · 249 km · best in Apr · 3,868 h sun/yr
- Amman Jordan · 259 km · best in May · 3,559 h sun/yr
- Damascus Syria · 282 km · best in May · 3,468 h sun/yr
- Tel Aviv Israel · 365 km · best in May · 3,298 h sun/yr
- Beirut Lebanon · 385 km · best in Jun · 3,247 h sun/yr
- Tabuk Saudi Arabia · 421 km · best in Feb · 4,052 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Gurayat Saudi Arabia · 141 km · 3,747 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Arar Saudi Arabia · 245 km · 3,737 h sun/yr · best in Mar
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