Medina has a hot desert climate 

 Summers are extremely hot with daytime temperatures averaging about 40 °C (104 °F)

with nights about 28 °C (82 °F). 

Temperatures above 45 °C (113 °F) are not unusual between June and September. 

Winters are milder, with temperatures from 12 °C (54 °F) at night to 24 °C (75 °F) in the day. 

There is very little rainfall, which falls almost entirely between November and May