CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF SAUDI ARABIAN CITIES

REFERENCE USE:
GENERAL METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT STATICAL YEAR BOOK
16TH EDITION 1990 S.A.

City

Riyadh
Jeddah
Dhahran
Madinah
Taif
Tabouk
Hail
Wajeh
Qaseem
Makkah
K. Mushayat
Jizan
Yanbu
Jouf
Bisha
Turaif
Qaysoumah
Ar'ar
Rafhah
Najran

REMARKS

Lat
and
Longitude
N/E
24.5 / 46.5
21.5 / 39.0
26.5 / 50.0
24.5 / 39.5
21.5 / 40.5
28.5 / 36.5
27.5 / 42.0
26.0 / 36.5
26.5 / 44.0
21.5 / 40.0
18.5 / 43.0
17.5 / 42.5
24.0 / 36.0
30.0 / 40.0
20.0 / 42.5
32.0 / 38.5
28.5 / 46.0
31.0 / 41.0
29.5 / 43.5
17.5 / 44.5

: 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Elevation

1
Abs. Max. Temp.

Meter
608
11
21
632
1457
769
988
19
645
310
2057
3
6
559
1161
824
356
440
1206

120
110
115
115
101
110
107
101
113
120
94
104
110
112
107
112
115
115
118
107

2
Avg. of
Max. Temp.
F
110
106
110
110
95
102
103
93
108
110
90
100
97
104
101
101
113
108
110
105

3
Wet bulb Temp.
F
77
85
87
70
65
70
72
84
67
80
74
88
87
69
69
72
70
71
71
73

Use this temperature to select refrigeration machines i.e. temperature of air entering condenser.
Use this temperature as the outdoor ambient design temperature.
Wet bulb temperature corresponding to the average relative humidity on design month.
Average max. temperature minus average minimum temperature in the design month.
Average of lowest temperature in 3 months consider it as design temperature for residential areas.
Use this temperature as the outdoor ambient design temperature for commercial & Institutional Insti

4
Outdoor
Daily Range
F
32
22
32
26
20
30
31
16
30
27
30
16
20
30
27
31
32
32
35
28

5
6
Abs.Min Temp. Avg.of Max.Temp.

f air entering condenser.

n design month.
design month.
erature for residential areas.
ommercial & Institutional Institution.

F
40
58
43
45
39
34
27
53
35
55
36
65
50
29
42
25
30
30
27
41

40
60
50
53
48
37
36.5
56
43
65
40
70
55.5
34.5
45.5
35
41
39
38
45