Ramadan 2025: Moderate weather forecast in Saudi Arabia

Cairo: Almost three weeks before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, a Saudi meteorologist has predicted a moderate weather in the kingdom during the month marked by intense worshipping.

Aqil Al Aqil, a weather analyst at the Saudi National Centre for Meteorology, said that this year’s Ramadan will coincide with the onset of spring with moderate weather.

He told the Saudi-owned television Rotana Khalijia that the spring weather tends to be cold at the beginning, especially in Saudi Arabia’s northern regions, and moderate in the rest of the regions.

During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating and drinking every day from dawn to sunset when they have their Iftar meal, usually starting with nourishing palm dates.

Many Saudis are keen to give away prepared Iftar meals or hosting mass banquets for people in Ramadan.

The ninth month of the lunar Islamic calendar is expected this year to begin on March 1.

The month traditionally marks the peak season of the Umrah or minor pilgrimage in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s most sacred place in the Saudi city of Mecca, amid stepped-up preparations in the country to cope with the influx of worshippers.

Muslims from inside and outside Saudi Arabia, Islam’s birthplace, flock to the Grand Mosque during Ramadan to perform prayers and Umrah.

Many of them also head to the Prophet’s Mosque, the second holiest place in Medina, and visit other Islamic landmarks in the city.