What is the highest mountain in Saudi Arabia? And what is the most snowy mountain in the Kingdom?

ArabiaWeather.com - Omar Dajani - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia occupies the largest area in the Arabian Peninsula, with an area of more than 2,250,000 square kilometres. mountainous in nature.

Al-Souda Mountain in Abha, the highest mountain in the Kingdom

And the southwestern highlands of the Kingdom are characterized by a relatively high rainfall rate compared to the rest of the regions of Saudi Arabia, as this mountain range plays a major role in the formation of rain clouds on an almost daily basis, especially during the warm and hot seasons.

Perhaps the most prominent and highest of these mountains is Jabal Al-Souda in the Abha region, which is more than 3015 meters above sea level. This mountain and its surroundings are covered by forests in a way that makes you feel for a moment that you are far from the heat of the Arabian Peninsula and its desert climate and that you are in the heart of Europe.

Al-Soudah, due to its characteristics, is distinguished as a tourist area visited by Saudis from all over the country seeking to enjoy its picturesque atmosphere, as the mouth of the mountain overlooks large parts of the Tihama region, and the temperature does not rise above 15 degrees Celsius in many days of the summer.

Jabal Al-Lawz in Tabuk is the most snowy mountain in Saudi Arabia in winter

Jabal Al-Lawz in Tabuk after being covered by snow

Jabal Al-Lawz is located in the Tabuk region, northwest of the Kingdom, near the Jordanian border, and it is a mountain that benefits greatly from its geographical location, as it stands tall at an altitude of 2580 meters above sea level, in a place that is sometimes affected by depressions coming to the Levant, which are sometimes associated with Cold air masses coming from polar regions, which makes the mountain vulnerable to snow storms and snow accumulation, which is rare in Saudi Arabia.

Jabal Al-Lawz is characterized by being an archaeological site, where drawings engraved on rocks dating back to more than 10,000 years BC are spread in the area, in addition to Islamic writings.