Dammam Weather

Much like most of Saudi Arabia, Dammam features a hot desert climate ” title=”Spring (season)”>spring but are much rarer.

Summer temperatures are extremely hot, owing to the region’s geographic location; and continually exceed 40 °C (104 °F) during daylight hours from March to October. Nights during summer generally feature temperatures higher than 35 °C (95 °F) and very high humidity, due to the urban heat island effect. Dust storms, known locally as shamals, are common in summer, and generally come from the north.

Extreme temperatures in the area have ranged from 50.3 °C (122.5 °F) on 20 June 2010 to 0.8 °C (33.4 °F) on 16 January 2008.