Climate
Khobar has a desert climate (Köppen climate classification: Csa), with very hot, humid summers and cold, dry winter.
Its average annual temperature is 33 °C (91 °F) during the day and 22 °C (72 °F) at night. In the coldest month – January, the temperature typically ranges from 12 to 22 °C (54 to 72 °F) during the day to 3 to 18 °C (37 to 64 °F) at night. In the warmest month, June, the typical temperature ranges from 36 to 50 °C (97 to 122 °F) during the day to about 33 °C (91 °F) at night. Generally – the summer / "holiday" season lasts about six months, from May to October. Two months – April and November – are transitional; sometimes the temperature exceeds 48 °C (118 °F), with an average temperature of 37–50 °C (99–122 °F) during the day and 24–36 °C (75–97 °F) at night. December, January and February are the coldest months, with average temperatures around 11 °C (52 °F) during the day and 5 °C (41 °F) at night. Large fluctuations in temperature are rare, particularly in the summer months.
| Al Khobar Climatological Data | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | |
| Record high °C (°F) | 33 (91) | 35 (95) | 38 (100) | 40 (104) | 42 (108) | 47 (117) | 53 (127) | 55 (131) | 45 (115) | 42 (108) | 41 (106) | 34 (93) | 55 (131) | |
| Average high °C (°F) | 20 (70) | 22 (74) | 26 (80) | 33 (91) | 36 (97) | 40 (104) | 42 (108) | 43 (110) | 40 (104) | 35 (95) | 33 (91) | 21 (71) | 33 (91) | |
| Average low °C (°F) | 10 (50) | 12 (53) | 15 (60) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 26 (79) | 27 (81) | 25 (77) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 11 (53) | 22 (72) | |
| Record low °C (°F) | 1 (37) | 2 (52) | 13 (55) | 12 (54) | 13 (55) | 19 (66) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) | 21 (70) | 20 (68) | 17 (63) | 10 (50) | 3 (37) | |
| Rainfall mm (in) | 5 (0.2) | 6 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 5 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 25 (1.0) | 31 (1.2) | 67 (2.6) | |
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