Taif weather by month
The best time to visit Taif is February, November and December — 94/100 in February, 24°C and 4 rainy days. The best season is winter, December to February (93/100 on average).
The worst month is June at 65/100 — sweltering, dry. See June →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Saudi Arabia →
Best season: December to February (93/100 on average) · worst June (65/100)
- Days
- 24°C
- Nights
- 12°C
- Wet days
- 4
- Sun
- 10.4 h
- Humidity
- 57%
- Daylight
- 12 h
Taif, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Taif 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 Taif through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Taif in February
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.
BusyRamadan, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
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Traveller notes on Taif
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters consistently describe Taif as noticeably cooler than nearby Mecca and Jeddah thanks to its mountain elevation - around 25C is the typical figure cited, with winter (February included) named as a comfortable time to visit precisely because summer brings crowds escaping the heat of the lowlands. Posters do warn that direct sun inside a parked car can still get surprisingly hot even on a mild day, and that fog can roll in suddenly on the escarpment roads and cut visibility fast. Al Hada Mountain's cable car and the surrounding rose fields (Taif is nicknamed the City of Roses) are the most recommended stops, and February specifically is called a quieter time to visit versus the congested summer high season.
Forum posters visiting the Shafa Mountains resort area just outside Taif describe genuinely pleasant conditions around 25C in summer, one reviewer specifically surprised to encounter rain during what's normally thought of as the hot season - a real reflection of the resort's roughly 2500m elevation rather than Taif city itself, which sits considerably lower and runs noticeably hotter. Posters describe Taif proper as a traditional summer retreat precisely because it's cooler than lowland Mecca and Jeddah, known for its rose gardens and perfume industry. Posters note the Shafa area specifically gets very congested with visitors in summer given how sought-after its cooler air is. Posters generally rate August as warm in Taif city itself but genuinely cool and occasionally rainy up in the nearby Shafa Mountains, the elevation difference between the two a real factor worth understanding before planning a visit.
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