Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Rifā‘ weather
by month.
See how the year changes. August has the highest average daily maximum; June (tied with 3 other months) has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Pleasant-weather months by our simple rule: JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilNovemberDecember
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Ar Rifā‘ averages a daytime high of 27.4°C and a nighttime low of 23.7°C, with about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days. August is the warmest month (average high 35.0°C) and January the coolest (18.4°C). January (tied with December) is the wettest month with 15 mm; June (tied with 3 other months) is the driest with under 1 mm.
Months with pleasant weather by a simple rule (average high between 18°C and 29°C, average low of at least 5°C and at most 8 rain days): January, February, March, April, November and December. This looks at temperature and rain only, not humidity, wind, sea temperature or crowds.
The annual picture
A year in Ar Rifā‘
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ar Rifā‘ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 19.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.6 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.2°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.3°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 34.7°C30.9°C | 30.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August | 35.0°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 33.7°C29.4°C | 29.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.6°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 12 | 1.6 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 15 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
Nearby cities
- Madīnat ḨamadBahrain · 5 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 61 mm rain a year
- ManamaBahrain · 11 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 66 mm rain a year
- Al MuharraqBahrain · 15 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 66 mm rain a year
- KhobarSaudi Arabia · 38 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 75 mm rain a year
- DammamSaudi Arabia · 56 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 87 mm rain a year
- Al QaţīfSaudi Arabia · 73 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 87 mm rain a year
- LusailQatar · 124 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 59 mm rain a year
- Ar RayyānQatar · 128 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 60 mm rain a year
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+3, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at 26.10°, 50.60° (6 km from the city centre), adjusted down by 0.2°C for the difference between the city's elevation (43 m) and the cell's (13 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at 26.25°, 50.50°. Al Muharraq and Manama lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.