Madinah
City in Saudi Arabia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Madinah is a city in Saudi Arabia, in Medina Region. About 1.3 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Saudi Arabia in our atlas.
It lies at 24.47° N, 39.61° E, about 603 m (1,978 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Riyadh time zone.
Location
Red dot: Madinah. Green dots: other major cities of Saudi Arabia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Madinah has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 43°C (110°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (46°F). Around 22 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
- Sulţānah · 4 km
- Jeddah · 333 km
- Makkah · 338 km
- Ta’if · 364 km
- Ha'il · 399 km
- Buraydah · 486 km
- Tabuk · 534 km
- Riyadh · 719 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 109223 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q35484 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Mount Uhud: Adiput (talk), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Madina trip 112: Ashashyou, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
