Rate the climate - Turaif, Saudi Arabia (winters)

[TorshavnSunHolidays]

C -

too dry, too sunny, too hot - so terrible for working in ,but just about OK if you can get shade and plenty of fluids

[Vacanegro]

5 months Great; 5 months terrible 2 months a little of both.

[Ethereal]

Originally Posted by Walshie79

B. Those winters are impressively cold for 31N, and it's not even at high elevation. Summers are not as humid as on the coast which is a plus point. Look at those temperature ranges in the autumn and spring months, worthy of a continental climate.

Don't forget, the city is considerably inland.

[Alkis]

Originally Posted by Theropod

Don't forget, the city is considerably inland.

Yes but it is impressive! In Saudi Arabia this kind of cold!

[Teritus]

Winters are cool, but not inordinately so for the latitude. C- overall.

[Ethereal]

Originally Posted by ChesterNZ

Very interesting find -- a (somewhat) high altitude (~850 m) Saudi climate. I'm not sure what to make of it -- are the chillier winters a worthy price to pay for the milder (but still hot) summers? I think so. I give it a C+.

I'd say yes.

The capital or large cities of Saudi Arabia should have been built around there.

[jgtheone]

C, would be an A if it actually had significant winter rainfalls.

[Kaleetan]

B-. Winter nights are too cold and it is too dry year-round.

[NWNJ]

Was expecting to give this an F because it's Saudi Arabia but at least it's comfortable from November to March. Definitely too dry for me though. So D it is.

[trlhiker]

An E, Winters save it from an F.