Buraydah has a typical desert climate, with hot summers, mild winters and low humidity.

Modern introduction of wheat production has become so successful that Buraydah is one of the largest producers in the kingdom, and is important in making Saudi Arabia a net exporter of cereal.

There is now a railway line starting from Riyadh to Qurayyat operated by SAR with a modern rail station located at the northeast of the city.

The Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz International Airport west of Buraidah was built in 1964 and was expanded in 1964 over an area of 55,000 km2 with a capacity of 550,000 passengers.

[6] General Administration of Education in Qassim region enrolls over 118,589 students in primary, intermediate and high public schools in Buraydah.

Qassim University is the largest higher educational institution in Al-Qassim region located in the west of Buraidah where more than 70,000 undergraduate and graduate students attend 38 colleges.

Also, there are the International Technical Colleges operated in cooperation between TVTC and Laureate Vocational Saudi Arabia.

The goals of the center are to increase green spaces, combat desertification, rehabilitate degraded vegetation sites, raise awareness among the population to reduce negatively impacting agricultural practices and improve quality of life.

[14] The center focuses on the development and protection of vegetation sites, monitoring and rehabilitation of degraded areas, including the management and use of rangelands, forests and national parks.

It is also about minimizing interference with vegetation cover, combating deforestation across the Kingdom and protecting natural resources and biodiversity.