Jeddah
City in Saudi Arabia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
الواجهة البحرية في مدينة جدة غرب السعودية (2025): Saudi Press Agency (SPA), CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Jeddah is a city in Saudi Arabia, in Mecca Region. About 4.7 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Saudi Arabia in our atlas.
It lies at 21.49° N, 39.19° E, about 7 m (23 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Riyadh time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Jeddah. Green dots: other major cities of Saudi Arabia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Jeddah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 41°C (105°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 18°C (65°F). Around 38 mm (1 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in Saudi ArabiaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Makkah · 66 km
- Ta’if · 129 km
- Madinah · 334 km
- Sulţānah · 336 km
- Najrān · 676 km
- Ha'il · 718 km
- Buraydah · 730 km
- Tabuk · 813 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 105343 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q374365 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- الواجهة البحرية في مدينة جدة غرب السعودية (2025): Saudi Press Agency (SPA), CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Sports City: FIFA, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- قصر خزام جدة: Heritage Commission, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Naseef House 3: Muna al-Mahdi, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Qishla Jeddah 2: Tahir mq, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
