Jeddah (Jiddah) weather by month
The best time to visit Jeddah (Jiddah) is January to March — 93/100 in January, 28°C and 2 rainy days. The best season is winter, December to February (92/100 on average).
The worst month is August at 86/100 — sweltering, dry. See August →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
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Best season: December to February (92/100 on average) · worst August (86/100)
- Days
- 28°C
- Nights
- 21°C
- Wet days
- 2
- Sun
- 9.9 h
- Humidity
- 63%
- Daylight
- 11 h
Jeddah, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Jeddah is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Jeddah through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- January
- Ramadan18 Feb – 19 MarHoliday
- February
- Founding Day22 FebHoliday
- March
- Saudi Arabian Grand Prix1 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)Festival
- Eid al-Fitr20–23 MarHoliday
- Dust and sandstorm season1 Mar – 31 Jul (usually)Hazard
- April
- Hajj season20 Apr – 20 Jun (usually)Holiday
- May
- Jeddah Season15 May – 31 Jul (usually)Festival
- June
- The humid summer1 Jun – 30 SepSeason
- September
- Saudi National Day23–24 SepHoliday
- October
- Red Sea dive season1 Oct – 31 May (usually)Season
- November
- Red Sea Film Festival3–12 DecFestival
Crowds in Jeddah in January
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Busyschool holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Jeddah
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
Customs & etiquette
A visitor's insider guide to Jeddah notes it's noticeably more relaxed than Riyadh: women are no longer required to wear an abaya or cover their hair on the street, though shoulders, knees, and midriffs should still stay covered in public. Her advice is to keep a light scarf in your bag anyway, since it's needed the moment you step into a mosque or a more conservative neighborhood, and to spend an evening walking the Corniche along the Red Sea, which she found was where the city's more relaxed, modern side really showed.
Traveller notes on Jeddah
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
The climate is dry and hot. The best time to visit is in January and February, when it is the least hot. The sea water becomes quite hot from July to October.
Jeddah forum threads and reviews describe January through late February as genuinely nice by local standards - cool compared to Jeddah's brutal summer, though days can still get warm with the Red Sea breeze taking the edge off. The Corniche, the long waterfront promenade lined with restaurants, parks and sculptures, was repeatedly recommended as the place to be, with sunset specifically called out for how the setting sun lights up the Red Sea. Evenings were described as when the Corniche really comes alive, with cooler night air drawing bigger crowds out for a stroll than the daytime heat allows even in this milder season.
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