Turaif
City and Governorate in the Northern Borders Province, Saudi Arabia
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Turaif (Arabic: طريف, romanized: Ṭarīf) is a city and governorate in northern Saudi Arabia. It is part of the Northern Borders Province and is located near the border with Jordan.[1]
Turaif Governorate
محافظة طريف | |
|---|---|
City and Governorate | |
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 Location of Turaif within the Northern Borders Province | |
  Turaif Governorate Location of Turaif within Saudi Arabia | |
| Coordinates: 31°40′39″N 038°39′11″E | |
| Country |  Saudi Arabia |
| Province | Northern Borders |
| Region | Badiyat al-Sham |
| Seat | Turaif City |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Body | Turaif Municipality |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Metro | 66,004 (Turaif Governorate) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 (SAST) |
| Area code | 014 |
Overview
Turaif is one of the cities that were established due to the presence of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline.
Transportation
Air
Turaif Domestic Airport serves the governorate, providing scheduled domestic flights and connecting the governorate to major destinations within Saudi Arabia.
Climate
Turaif has hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification: BWh) with long, very hot summers and cool winters. Frost during the night is common in the winter months. Snow may also fall at times. The lowest recorded temperature, −12.0 °C (10.4 °F), was measured in Turaif.[2]
| Climate data for Turaif Domestic Airport (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) |
29.0 (84.2) |
34.0 (93.2) |
38.0 (100.4) |
41.0 (105.8) |
43.0 (109.4) |
45.5 (113.9) |
45.2 (113.4) |
43.0 (109.4) |
38.0 (100.4) |
31.4 (88.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
45.5 (113.9) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 13.2 (55.8) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.2 (68.4) |
25.8 (78.4) |
31.2 (88.2) |
35.4 (95.7) |
37.6 (99.7) |
37.8 (100.0) |
34.8 (94.6) |
29.1 (84.4) |
20.5 (68.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
26.4 (79.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) |
9.3 (48.7) |
13.6 (56.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.9 (82.2) |
30.0 (86.0) |
30.0 (86.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
21.8 (71.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.9 (48.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 1.8 (35.2) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.9 (44.4) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
21.6 (70.9) |
21.7 (71.1) |
19.2 (66.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
7.8 (46.0) |
3.4 (38.1) |
12.4 (54.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −12.2 (10.0) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
7.0 (44.6) |
13.0 (55.4) |
14.6 (58.3) |
15.0 (59.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−12.2 (10.0) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 12.7 (0.50) |
12.1 (0.48) |
11.6 (0.46) |
8.2 (0.32) |
3.5 (0.14) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.3 (0.01) |
4.9 (0.19) |
9.7 (0.38) |
11.4 (0.45) |
74.3 (2.93) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 14.7 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 69 | 62 | 49 | 39 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 51 | 67 | 43 |
| Source 1: NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Deutscher Wetterdienst (humidity, 1971–1979)[4] | |||||||||||||