Current temperatureFresh
34.1 °C
Climate intelligence · Verified city evidence
Riyadh Weather & climate
Use current conditions together with recent historical climate signals. Placeivo keeps live weather separate from annual context so a single day is never presented as the city climate.
6 city indicators
1 source
Fresh evidence freshness
6/6 confidence recorded
Every figure below keeps its source, data date and verification freshness visible.
At a glance
Weather & climate indicators for Riyadh
This page uses city-specific evidence only for the main indicators. SA context is shown separately when available.
Current precipitationFresh
0 mm
Current wind speedFresh
7.9 km/h
How to read it
Current weather is not the same as climate
The live temperature, precipitation and wind readings describe conditions around the latest check. They are useful for immediate orientation, but they should not be treated as a description of a typical year in Riyadh.
For that reason, Placeivo keeps recent annual climate indicators in a separate section. Looking at both layers helps distinguish “what is happening now” from “what recent historical conditions looked like.” The page does not turn those signals into a single comfort or liveability score.
Recent context
Historical context for Riyadh
These values describe a recent historical period rather than the current moment. They are shown separately to prevent live and historical observations being mixed together.
Previous-year mean temperatureFresh
28.07 °C
Previous-year precipitationFresh
73.9 mm
Previous-year mean daily max windFresh
12.03 km/h
Seasonality
Riyadh monthly climate pattern, 2021–2025
These month-level values aggregate 5 complete calendar years from the same Open-Meteo archive used for Placeivo's annual climate evidence. Temperature is the mean of daily mean temperatures, precipitation is the average monthly total across that period, and wind is the mean of daily maximum wind speeds.
| Month | Mean temperature | Average precipitation | Mean daily max wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.8 °C | 26.2 mm | 17.6 km/h |
| Feb | 17.2 °C | 10.3 mm | 20.5 km/h |
| Mar | 22.5 °C | 7.7 mm | 22.0 km/h |
| Apr | 27.5 °C | 11.8 mm | 21.6 km/h |
| May | 32.9 °C | 1.4 mm | 21.3 km/h |
| Jun | 36.4 °C | 0.0 mm | 22.7 km/h |
| Jul | 37.5 °C | 0.2 mm | 22.7 km/h |
| Aug | 37.4 °C | 0.0 mm | 22.1 km/h |
| Sep | 34.0 °C | 0.0 mm | 20.5 km/h |
| Oct | 28.8 °C | 0.3 mm | 17.4 km/h |
| Nov | 22.9 °C | 4.0 mm | 16.6 km/h |
| Dec | 17.2 °C | 12.1 mm | 15.0 km/h |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API. Recent 5-year aggregates are Placeivo calculations from daily source values; they are not long-term climate normals.
Evidence interpretation
What the latest Riyadh evidence says
At the latest recorded check, Riyadh was 34.1 °C, with 0.0 mm of precipitation and wind speed of 7.9 km/h. Those values describe the latest observation only.
The stored 2025 climate context reports a mean temperature of 28.07 °C, total precipitation of 73.9 mm and mean daily maximum wind speed of 12.03 km/h.
The latest temperature is 6.0 °C above the 2025 annual mean. This is a snapshot-to-annual comparison, not evidence that the current weather is unusual for the date or season.
Evidence & methodology
Where these weather & climate figures come from
Placeivo keeps source attribution, the date represented by the observation, the latest verification check and confidence metadata separate. This makes it possible to inspect the evidence instead of relying on an unexplained score.
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