Medina is 2°C (3.6°F) warmer by day, Ad Dammām has 5.7°C (10.3°F) warmer nights, and both get similar annual rainfall.
Ad Dammām is at its warmest in July and coolest in January, while Medina peaks in July and bottoms out in January. Month for month, Ad Dammām is the warmer of the two in 12 of 12 months.
Both collect a similar amount of rain over the year — 61 mm (2.4 in) in Ad Dammām and 25 mm (1 in) in Medina. The most comfortable time to visit is February, March and December in Ad Dammām and February, March and November in Medina.
| Ad Dammām | Metric | Medina |
|---|---|---|
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| 37°C | 🌡️Average daytime high | 39°C |
| 19.2°C | 🌙Average nighttime low | 13.5°C |
| July | 🔥Hottest month | July |
| January | ❄️Coldest month | January |
| 🌧️ Rain | ||
| 61 mm | 🌧️Annual rainfall | 25 mm |
| January | ☔Wettest month | November |
| June | 🏜️Driest month | June |
| 💨 Climate | ||
| 51% | 💧Average humidity | 27% |
| 3.5 m/s | 💨Average wind speed | 3.1 m/s |
Overnight, Ad Dammām typically falls to around 19.2°C (66.6°F) while Medina settles near 13.5°C (56.3°F).
Ad Dammām is hottest in July and coldest in January, whereas Medina peaks in July and is coolest in January.
Ad Dammām sees the most rain in January and the least in June; Medina is wettest in November and driest in June.
Ad Dammām feels the more humid of the two, averaging 51% relative humidity against 27%.
For Medina, the pick of the year is February, March and November.
Month by month, here is the coldest night, the average day and the hottest afternoon each city can expect. Switch Compare to read rainfall, humidity, wind or solar instead, and Period to move between the long-term 45-year average and any single year — the shading is a quick warm-to-cool guide.
| Month | Ad Dammām | Medina | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max | |
| January | 9.5 | 17.6❄️ | 25.8 | 3.3 | 16.5❄️ | 29.7 |
| February | 10.1 | 19.2 | 28.4 | 4.3 | 18.4 | 32.4 |
| March | 12.5 | 22.7 | 32.9 | 7.3 | 21.5 | 35.7 |
| April | 16.7 | 27.6 | 38.4 | 11 | 25.4 | 39.7 |
| May | 22.3 | 32.4 | 42.6 | 16.7 | 30 | 43.4 |
| June | 26 | 35 | 44 | 20.6 | 32.9 | 45.2 |
| July | 28.3 | 36.4 | 44.5 | 21.8 | 33.8 | 45.8 |
| August | 28.7 | 36.5🔥 | 44.2 | 22.5 | 34.2🔥 | 45.8 |
| September | 25.6 | 34.1 | 42.6 | 21.7 | 32.9 | 44.2 |
| October | 22.4 | 30.8 | 39.2 | 16.6 | 28.4 | 40.2 |
| November | 16.2 | 24.7 | 33.3 | 10.4 | 22.6 | 34.7 |
| December | 11.5 | 19.6 | 27.7 | 6 | 18.4 | 30.7 |
| Annual Avg | 19.2 | 28.1 | 37 | 13.5 | 26.3 | 39 |
Min / mean / max temperature (°C). 🔥 marks each city's hottest month, ❄️ its coldest; shading runs cool blue to warm red.
The same figures plotted out, so the shape of a typical year is easier to see than in a grid. Where the two lines run close together Ad Dammām and Medina feel alike; where they separate, they are genuinely different places to be.
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Quick answers to the questions people ask most when comparing Ad Dammām and Medina — each drawn straight from the climate figures above.
Medina is the warmer of the two. It averages daytime highs of 39°C (102.2°F) against 37°C (98.6°F) in Ad Dammām — roughly 2°C (3.6°F) warmer by day. Nights are milder in Ad Dammām, with average lows of 19.2°C (66.6°F) versus 13.5°C (56.3°F).
Ad Dammām is hottest in July, averaging highs of about 44.5°C (112.2°F), while Medina peaks in July at around 45.8°C (114.5°F). That makes Medina the hotter of the two at the height of summer.
Medina gets colder. In its coldest month (January) overnight lows average about 3.3°C (37.9°F), compared with 9.5°C (49.1°F) at the low point of the year in Ad Dammām.
They get a similar amount of rain over a year — about 61 mm (2.4 in) in Ad Dammām and 25 mm (1 in) in Medina. Ad Dammām is wettest in January and driest in June; Medina is wettest in November and driest in June.
Ad Dammām is the more humid of the two, averaging 51% relative humidity over the year against 27% in Medina.
The most comfortable months in Ad Dammām are February, March and December, when average temperatures are at their mildest.
Medina is at its most pleasant around February, March and November, based on the mildest average temperatures of the year.
Ad Dammām is the warmer city in all 12 months of the year. The gap is widest in July, about 2.6°C (4.7°F), and narrowest in February, about 0.8°C (1.4°F).
Ad Dammām has the bigger seasonal swing, about 18.9°C (34°F) between its coldest and hottest months versus 17.7°C (31.9°F) in Medina — so Medina has the steadier, more even climate.
On climate alone, Medina comes out ahead — it offers warmer days and lower humidity than Ad Dammām. Ad Dammām is the better fit only if you'd actually prefer cooler weather and a more humid climate.
Every figure on this page is calculated from NASA POWER satellite climate data spanning 1981–2025 (45 years). The averages describe the long-term climate of Ad Dammām and Medina, not a single year's weather or a short-range forecast.
