Ta’if
City in Saudi Arabia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
الطائف من جبل الهدى1: عباد ديرانية, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ta’if is a city in Saudi Arabia, in Mecca Region. About 688,693 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Saudi Arabia in our atlas.
It lies at 21.27° N, 40.42° E, about 1,672 m (5,486 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Riyadh time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ta’if. Green dots: other major cities of Saudi Arabia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ta’if has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jun, with average highs near 37°C (99°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 8°C (47°F). Around 39 mm (2 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
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 · 63 km
- Jeddah · 130 km
- Madinah · 365 km
- Sulţānah · 368 km
- Najrān · 568 km
- Buraydah · 671 km
- Ha'il · 706 km
- Riyadh · 755 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 107968 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q182640 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- الطائف من جبل الهدى1: عباد ديرانية, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- First2: Mmasudtu, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- قصر شبرا: Heritage Commission, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
