The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia prohibits the hunting of wild animals, including the Arabian Oryx , gazelles, ibex , and predators such as the Arabian leopard , lynx, wolf, and hyena. It also bans the hunting of endangered birds or birds of prey. Hunting animals or birds is prohibited within the boundaries of villages, cities, centers, farms, rest areas, residential and military facilities, industrial and vital establishments, protected areas, and large projects such as NEOM , the Red Sea Project ,...

The highest temperature recorded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was fifty-three °C in the city of al-Qaisumah, located in the Eastern Province , during the summer of 2021. Meanwhile, the lowest temperature was recorded in Turayf Governorate, in the Northern Borders Province , at minus six °C in the winter of 2022, according to the National Center of Meteorology. Weather patterns in the Kingdom vary according to its terrain. Rainfall is more frequent in the southwestern highlands during the su...