Tabuk
City in Saudi Arabia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Tabuk Chamber of Commerce: Atozxyz (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tabuk is a city in Saudi Arabia, in Tabuk Region. About 667,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Saudi Arabia in our atlas.
It lies at 28.40° N, 36.57° E, about 768 m (2,520 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Riyadh time zone.
Location
Red dot: Tabuk. Green dots: other major cities of Saudi Arabia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tabuk has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 40°C (105°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 2°C (36°F). Around 22 mm (1 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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
- Ha'il · 509 km
- Sulţānah · 524 km
- Madinah · 528 km
- Buraydah · 759 km
- Jeddah · 808 km
- Makkah · 837 km
- Ta’if · 876 km
- Riyadh · 1,073 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 101628 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q244232 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Tabuk Chamber of Commerce: Atozxyz (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- قلعة تبوك: Heritage Commission, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
