Medina is 3.7°C (6.7°F) warmer by day, Medina has 4.8°C (8.6°F) warmer nights, and both get similar annual rainfall.
Medina is at its warmest in July and coolest in January, while Tabūk peaks in August and bottoms out in January. Month for month, Medina is the warmer of the two in 12 of 12 months.
Both collect a similar amount of rain over the year — 25 mm (1 in) in Medina and 22 mm (0.9 in) in Tabūk. The most comfortable time to visit is February, March and November in Medina and April, October and November in Tabūk.
| Medina | Metric | Tabūk |
|---|---|---|
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| 39°C | 🌡️Average daytime high | 35.3°C |
| 13.5°C | 🌙Average nighttime low | 8.7°C |
| July | 🔥Hottest month | August |
| January | ❄️Coldest month | January |
| 🌧️ Rain | ||
| 25 mm | 🌧️Annual rainfall | 22 mm |
| November | ☔Wettest month | January |
| June | 🏜️Driest month | July |
| 💨 Climate | ||
| 27% | 💧Average humidity | 31% |
| 3.1 m/s | 💨Average wind speed | 2.7 m/s |
Overnight, Medina typically falls to around 13.5°C (56.3°F) while Tabūk settles near 8.7°C (47.7°F).
Medina is hottest in July and coldest in January, whereas Tabūk peaks in August and is coolest in January.
Medina sees the most rain in November and the least in June; Tabūk is wettest in January and driest in July.
Tabūk feels the more humid of the two, averaging 31% relative humidity against 27%.
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 | Medina | Tabūk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max | |
| January | 3.3 | 16.5❄️ | 29.7 | -1.5 | 11.7❄️ | 24.9 |
| February | 4.3 | 18.4 | 32.4 | -0.6 | 13.5 | 27.7 |
| March | 7.3 | 21.5 | 35.7 | 2 | 16.9 | 31.7 |
| April | 11 | 25.4 | 39.7 | 6.1 | 21.3 | 36.5 |
| May | 16.7 | 30 | 43.4 | 11.1 | 25.5 | 39.8 |
| June | 20.6 | 32.9 | 45.2 | 16 | 28.9 | 41.9 |
| July | 21.8 | 33.8 | 45.8 | 18.7 | 30.8 | 42.8 |
| August | 22.5 | 34.2🔥 | 45.8 | 18.9 | 31🔥 | 43.1 |
| September | 21.7 | 32.9 | 44.2 | 16.4 | 28.8 | 41.3 |
| October | 16.6 | 28.4 | 40.2 | 11.2 | 24.1 | 37 |
| November | 10.4 | 22.6 | 34.7 | 5.1 | 17.7 | 30.4 |
| December | 6 | 18.4 | 30.7 | 0.5 | 13.3 | 26.1 |
| Annual Avg | 13.5 | 26.3 | 39 | 8.7 | 22 | 35.3 |
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 Medina 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 Medina and Tabūk — 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 35.3°C (95.5°F) in Tabūk — roughly 3.7°C (6.7°F) warmer by day. Nights are milder in Medina, with average lows of 13.5°C (56.3°F) versus 8.7°C (47.7°F).
Medina is hottest in July, averaging highs of about 45.8°C (114.5°F), while Tabūk peaks in August at around 43.1°C (109.7°F). That makes Medina the hotter of the two at the height of summer.
Tabūk gets colder. In its coldest month (January) overnight lows average about -1.5°C (29.3°F), compared with 3.3°C (37.9°F) at the low point of the year in Medina.
They get a similar amount of rain over a year — about 25 mm (1 in) in Medina and 22 mm (0.9 in) in Tabūk. Medina is wettest in November and driest in June; Tabūk is wettest in January and driest in July.
Tabūk is the more humid of the two, averaging 31% relative humidity over the year against 27% in Medina.
The most comfortable months in Medina are February, March and November, 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.
Medina is the warmer city in all 12 months of the year. The gap is widest in December, about 5.1°C (9.2°F), and narrowest in July, about 3°C (5.4°F).
Tabūk has the bigger seasonal swing, about 19.3°C (34.7°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 Tabūk. Tabūk 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 Medina and Tabūk, not a single year's weather or a short-range forecast.
