Sulţānah
City in Saudi Arabia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Sulţānah is a city in Saudi Arabia, in Medina Region. About 946,697 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Saudi Arabia in our atlas.
It lies at 24.49° N, 39.59° E, about 597 m (1,959 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Riyadh time zone.
Location
Red dot: Sulţānah. Green dots: other major cities of Saudi Arabia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sulţānah 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
- Madinah · 4 km
- Jeddah · 336 km
- Makkah · 341 km
- Ta’if · 367 km
- Ha'il · 398 km
- Buraydah · 488 km
- Tabuk · 530 km
- Riyadh · 721 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 101760 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q7636782 (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)
