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Riyadh from Doha

501 km, about 1h 32m in the air. Every month scored for the weather at Riyadh and for the holidays that crowd it out at both ends.

  1. Riyadh in January: good, busy
  2. Riyadh in February: sweet spot
  3. Riyadh in March: sweet spot
  4. Riyadh in April: avoid
  5. Riyadh in May: avoid
  6. Riyadh in June: avoid
  7. Riyadh in July: avoid
  8. Riyadh in August: avoid
  9. Riyadh in September: avoid
  10. Riyadh in October: avoid
  11. Riyadh in November: sweet spot, busy
  12. Riyadh in December: good, busy
  • Sweet spot
  • Good
  • OK
  • Avoid
  • Busy
Go in Feb, Mar or Nov — these months score within a whisker of each other; 28C max, 1 rainy day. Jan is the next best.

Month by month from Doha

No fare history on DOH–RUH yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only. The price column fills in as the scanner collects.

MonthMax °CRain days Crowds VerdictWhy
Jan 21° 2d 65 goodbusy busier than usual
Feb 23° 2d 80 sweet spot 23C max, 2 rainy days
Mar 28° 1d 80 sweet spot 28C max, 1 rainy day
Apr 33° 1d 98 avoid extreme heat: 10 days over 35C
May 39° 0d 80 avoid extreme heat: 28 days over 35C
Jun 43° 0d 80 avoid extreme heat: 30 days over 35C
Jul 43° 0d 100 avoid extreme heat: 31 days over 35C
Aug 43° 0d 100 avoid extreme heat: 31 days over 35C
Sep 41° 0d 80 avoid extreme heat: 30 days over 35C
Oct 35° 0d 100 avoid extreme heat: 16 days over 35C
Nov 28° 1d 65 sweet spot busy busier than usual
Dec 22° 1d 65 goodbusy busier than usual

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Crowds is a score out of 100 where higher is quieter. It counts public-holiday clusters in QA as well as at Riyadh, which is why this table differs from the same one read from another country. A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. Crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest from November to January; quietest in June.

Getting there

DohaRiyadh501 km
Nonstop flight 3 airlines
By road 644 km, about 6h 09m driving

Nonstop routes from Wikipedia's airport articles (CC BY-SA 4.0), roads from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT, ferries from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Times are typical, not a schedule, and none of this is a fare — the searches below are where prices live.

Open in Rome2rio for every way from Doha to Riyadh, flying or not.

The year in Riyadh

Riyadh experiences very hot summers, and outdoor activities are best planned during the cooler months from November to February. The climate data suggests minimal rain, so expect dry conditions.

Busiest
early Nov to late Feb — Milder temperatures attract more tourists, making it a popular time to visit.
Quieter, still good
early Mar to late Apr — Temperatures start to rise but are still manageable, offering good value.
early Oct to late Oct — Weather is cooling slightly, and it is less crowded before peak season.
Watch out for extreme heat

Written by a language model from the climate figures above. The month-by-month table is measured — ten years of ERA5 readings and published holiday calendars — and where the two disagree, the table is the one to believe.

Riyadh from anywhere · everywhere from Doha · Fares in USD: no free rate exists for QAR.

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