Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland

Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland: Tropical nights

Tropical nights in 2014: 181.5 nights in Saudi Arabia and 0.2 nights in Switzerland, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 181.3 nights, or 760 times that in Switzerland.

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nights a year · CMIP6

Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland: Tropical nightsTropical nights in 2014: 181.5 nights in Saudi Arabia and 0.2 nights in Switzerland, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in Saudi Arabia, by 181.3 nights, or 760 times that in Switzerland.
Saudi ArabiaSwitzerlandCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

  • Saudi Arabia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
  • The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Saudi Arabia at 218.7 nights and Switzerland at 3.8 nights in 2100.

Every year

nights a year · CMIP6

YearSaudi ArabiaSwitzerland
2014181.50.2
2013180.40.1
2012182.80.1
2011182.70.1
2010179.20.1
2009177.10.1
2008180.30.1
2007178.90
2006177.50
2005177.90.1
2004177.60.1
2003177.40.1
2002175.60.1
2001178.10.1
2000176.40
1999173.20
1998173.40
1997173.80
19961720
1995169.20
1994170.40
1993164.60
1992165.90
1991169.20
1990172.70
1989168.90
1988166.80
1987167.30
1986169.40
19851660
19841650
1983163.50
1982164.70
1981168.90
1980166.80
1979165.30
1978164.80
1977165.60
1976165.90
1975161.20
1974162.90
1973163.70
1972163.70
1971160.40
1970162.50
1969161.30
1968162.70
1967159.50
1966159.50
1965159.50
1964159.90
1963160.20
1962163.20
1961163.70
1960165.70
1959164.40
1958164.10
1957165.50
1956163.60
19551620
1954161.20
1953162.50
1952163.40
1951161.20
1950161.60
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
YearSaudi ArabiaSwitzerland
2015184.9169.4–198.70.10–1.1
2016183167.7–195.70.20–1.3
2017182.6168.1–196.70.20–1.5
2018186.8173.1–199.40.10–1.3
2019184.1168.8–199.10.30–1.4
2020185.3171.8–198.90.10–1.4
2021188.6173.6–202.80.30–2.2
2022187.6170.7–2020.30–2.1
2023188.6173–203.80.30–1.9
2024187.1172.9–203.90.40–1.5
2025191.5176–206.10.40–1.9
2026191.8177.1–205.50.50–1.9
2027191.2176.6–206.80.30–1.6
2028191.9175.5–205.10.50–1.9
2029192.2176.6–205.70.80–2.2
2030193.3178.4–206.30.30–2.4
2031194.7179.1–207.60.40–1.4
2032192.2175.2–2060.60.1–2.4
2033192.6177.5–206.90.60–3.2
2034196.7181.6–2130.70.1–3.3
2035196.5179.9–211.60.70.1–2.4
2036194.1180–209.70.80–2.7
2037197183.7–209.90.60.1–2.7
2038198.4182.3–213.30.80–2.9
2039198184.4–213.60.90–2.6
2040199.2182.1–212.70.90–2.6
2041197.7181.4–211.710–2.9
2042198.3181.2–2170.80.1–2.8
2043198.2182.3–215.310.1–2.7
2044199.2185.5–213.50.80.1–3.3
2045202187.1–216.81.20–3.5
2046204.1185.3–219.41.20.2–3.8
2047204.1187.4–2201.50.1–3.8
2048206.1190.7–22010.1–4.6
2049201.6187.7–216.21.60.1–4.2
2050205.7190.2–219.31.20.3–3.5
2051204.3188.8–222.110–4
2052203.8189.6–2181.40.1–3.9
2053203.8186.3–218.80.80.1–3.8
2054207.6188.3–222.31.40.2–3.5
2055207.8190.8–2211.30.1–3.4
2056203.7186.6–220.11.40.2–6.5
2057207.5188.8–224.21.70.2–3.7
2058205.9189.2–221.42.10.2–5.5
2059207.3191.6–226.91.80.1–7.1
2060206.9192.7–222.81.60.4–5.6
2061206.5190.4–220.91.90.1–4.9
2062208.1189.4–228.32.30.3–5
2063210.4193–227.12.20.2–5.9
2064207.5191.9–223.320.3–5
2065208.9193.9–226.120.1–7.4
2066210.3194.9–22820.3–5.5
2067210.9193.1–228.63.80.8–10
2068209.8194.6–228.62.20.2–4.9
2069208.9194.5–226.32.60.7–5.9
2070211.2191.2–2292.60.3–7.1
2071215.1196.3–233.32.90.1–7.8
2072213.6195.3–229.32.91.2–6.5
2073213.7194.1–231.620.3–7
2074210.5191.9–229.31.70.2–7.6
2075212.1196.6–231.82.40.4–7.7
2076212.8194.8–230.32.80.5–10.6
2077215.1196.6–233.92.40.5–8.8
2078215.5197.6–230.72.20.3–8.1
2079213.6197–2292.60.4–8.5
2080213.6197.1–233.92.90.3–6.6
2081214.7194.4–231.62.90.5–8.3
2082214198.9–230.93.30.4–8.9
2083214.2198.5–2382.50.5–7.9
2084217.4197.4–233.12.60.6–6.1
2085217.4199.6–237.930.9–7.7
2086217197.4–237.43.40.7–8.7
2087217.3199.7–238.74.10.5–10.4
2088216.1198.2–243.13.60.8–11.7
2089217.6199.5–2393.61.1–9
2090217.3198.5–239.23.60.6–9.5
2091218.5202.8–238.440.7–9.8
2092218.5198.5–241.63.10.2–9.4
2093216.6197.8–236.32.70.7–7.8
2094218.8202–236.94.21.2–9.2
2095219.4204.2–237.43.90.2–11.4
2096219.9197.7–239.63.10.2–10
2097216.7196.8–239.72.80.2–10.3
2098219.7199.6–241.33.80.7–10.2
2099216.8200.8–236.83.90.4–10.7
2100218.7202.3–2413.80.8–11.7

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
  • Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
  • The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
  • Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.

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