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A lane of old houses and a minaret in Al-Balad, Jeddah

Saudi Arabia

Jeddah

A city of the sea and late nights: Al-Balad evenings, a long corniche and teamLab Borderless.

  • Typical stay: 2–3 days

Why ⁨Jeddah⁩?

  1. Jeddah Season

    Jeddah Season's events, in summer.

  2. Al-Balad

    Evenings in historic Al-Balad, its cafés and teamLab Borderless.

  3. Corniche evenings

    Evenings on the corniche, and Hejazi cooking worth the flight.

Before you go

  • Currency

    Saudi Riyal

  • Language

    Arabic

  • Time difference

    GMT+3

  • Getting around

    Ride-hailing

  • Driving

    On the right

  • Airports

    JED

Best time to visit ⁨Jeddah⁩

November to March

  • January

    Average high: 28°C

    Average low 19°C

    3 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • February

    Average high: 29°C

    Average low 19°C

    Coldest month

    2 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • March

    Average high: 31°C

    Average low 20°C

    1 day of rain

    Best time to go

  • April

    Average high: 34°C

    Average low 23°C

    2 days of rain

    Good time to go

  • May

    Average high: 36°C

    Average low 25°C

    0 days of rain

  • June

    Average high: 37°C

    Average low 27°C

    0 days of rain

  • July

    Average high: 38°C

    Average low 28°C

    Warmest month

    0 days of rain

  • August

    Average high: 38°C

    Average low 29°C

    0 days of rain

  • September

    Average high: 37°C

    Average low 28°C

    0 days of rain

  • October

    Average high: 36°C

    Average low 25°C

    1 day of rain

    Good time to go

  • November

    Average high: 32°C

    Average low 24°C

    4 days of rain

    Best time to go

  • December

    Average high: 30°C

    Average low 21°C

    5 days of rain

    Wettest month

    Best time to go

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Local tips

  • Insider tips

    1. Walk Al-Balad in the evening: a working quarter that comes alive after dark, with better light on the old facades.

    2. The corniche is a night place: families arrive after the evening prayer and stay late; afternoons are empty.

    3. Jeddah Season runs in summer; its dates change every year.

  • Customs and safety

    1. Shops and restaurants close briefly and predictably at each of the five prayers; plan the day around it.

    2. The sea makes the city humid, not dry, so summer outdoors is harder than the temperature suggests.

  • Food and prayer

    1. All food sold in the country is halal. Pork and alcohol are not sold at all, hotels included.

    2. Mosques are in every district and along the corniche; prayer rooms are in malls, offices and the airport.

Getting around ⁨Jeddah⁩

  • Ride-hailing

    How most people move around the city, with the fare settled in the app before you start.

    Recommended

  • Taxi

    Everywhere, and the usual alternative when an app is not an option.

  • Walking

    Al-Balad and long stretches of the corniche are both best on foot; between them is not.

  • Train

    A high-speed line runs inland along the Hejaz to Madinah, with a station at the airport.

From the airport

  • JED

    King Abdulaziz International Airport

    Taxi, Ride-hailing, and Train

Things to do in ⁨Jeddah⁩

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About ⁨Jeddah⁩

Jeddah was a port before it was anything else, and it still reads as one. Al-Balad is a few streets of old trading houses set back from the water, and the rest of the city has grown north along the sea from it.

It is warm and humid rather than baking, and it never really cools: a January night here is milder than a spring afternoon on the plateau. That is why the corniche is an evening city and why winter is the season.

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