Ad Dammām is 2.4°C (4.3°F) warmer by day, Ad Dammām has 9.3°C (16.7°F) warmer nights, and both get similar annual rainfall.
Ad Dammām is at its warmest in July and coolest in January, while Tabūk peaks in August 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 22 mm (0.9 in) in Tabūk. The most comfortable time to visit is February, March and December in Ad Dammām and April, October and November in Tabūk.
| Ad Dammām | Metric | Tabūk |
|---|---|---|
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| 32.4°C | 🌡️Average daytime high | 30°C |
| 22.5°C | 🌙Average nighttime low | 13.2°C |
| July | 🔥Hottest month | August |
| January | ❄️Coldest month | January |
| 🌧️ Rain | ||
| 61 mm | 🌧️Annual rainfall | 22 mm |
| January | ☔Wettest month | January |
| June | 🏜️Driest month | July |
| 💨 Climate | ||
| 51% | 💧Average humidity | 31% |
| 3.5 m/s | 💨Average wind speed | 2.7 m/s |
Overnight, Ad Dammām typically falls to around 22.5°C (72.5°F) while Tabūk settles near 13.2°C (55.8°F).
Ad Dammām is hottest in July and coldest in January, whereas Tabūk peaks in August and is coolest in January.
Ad Dammām sees the most rain in January and the least in June; Tabūk is wettest in January and driest in July.
Ad Dammām feels the more humid of the two, averaging 51% relative humidity against 31%.
For Tabūk, the pick of the year is April, October 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 | Tabūk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max | |
| January | 13.2 | 17.1❄️ | 21 | 3.2 | 10.7❄️ | 18.1 |
| February | 13.7 | 18 | 22.3 | 4 | 12.1 | 20.2 |
| March | 16.5 | 21.3 | 26.2 | 7.5 | 16.1 | 24.7 |
| April | 20.9 | 26.3 | 31.7 | 12.5 | 21.4 | 30.3 |
| May | 25.8 | 31.5 | 37.3 | 16.7 | 25.6 | 34.5 |
| June | 28.6 | 34.4 | 40.2 | 19.5 | 28.9 | 38.3 |
| July | 30.6 | 36.1 | 41.7 | 21.4 | 30.4 | 39.4 |
| August | 30.8 | 36.2🔥 | 41.6 | 22 | 31🔥 | 39.9 |
| September | 28.5 | 34 | 39.5 | 19.9 | 28.8 | 37.7 |
| October | 25.4 | 30.3 | 35.2 | 16.1 | 24.2 | 32.4 |
| November | 20.8 | 24.6 | 28.5 | 10.1 | 17.5 | 24.8 |
| December | 15.7 | 19.4 | 23.1 | 5.3 | 12.6 | 19.8 |
| Annual Avg | 22.5 | 27.4 | 32.4 | 13.2 | 21.6 | 30 |
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 Tabūk 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 Tabūk — each drawn straight from the climate figures above.
Ad Dammām is the warmer of the two. It averages daytime highs of 32.4°C (90.3°F) against 30°C (86°F) in Tabūk — roughly 2.4°C (4.3°F) warmer by day. Nights are milder in Ad Dammām, with average lows of 22.5°C (72.5°F) versus 13.2°C (55.8°F).
Ad Dammām is hottest in July, averaging highs of about 41.7°C (107.1°F), while Tabūk peaks in August at around 39.9°C (103.8°F). That makes Ad Dammām the hotter of the two at the height of summer.
Tabūk gets colder. In its coldest month (January) overnight lows average about 3.2°C (37.8°F), compared with 13.2°C (55.7°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 22 mm (0.9 in) in Tabūk. Ad Dammām is wettest in January and driest in June; Tabūk is wettest in January and driest in July.
Ad Dammām is the more humid of the two, averaging 51% relative humidity over the year against 31% in Tabūk.
The most comfortable months in Ad Dammām are February, March and December, when average temperatures are at their mildest.
Tabūk is at its most pleasant around April, October 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 November, about 7.1°C (12.8°F), and narrowest in April, about 4.9°C (8.8°F).
Tabūk has the bigger seasonal swing, about 20.3°C (36.5°F) between its coldest and hottest months versus 19.1°C (34.4°F) in Ad Dammām — so Ad Dammām has the steadier, more even climate.
It depends what matters most to you: choose Ad Dammām for warmer weather and go for Tabūk if you want lower humidity. There is no single "better" climate — it comes down to whether you value warmth, dryness or comfort most.
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 Tabūk, not a single year's weather or a short-range forecast.
