Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Rifā‘ weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Ar Rifā‘: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 30.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madīnat Ḩamad (5 km away). In July its highs average 35.2°C, about as warm as Ar Rifā‘, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 4 cities listed in Bahrain, Ar Rifā‘ ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 4 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 4 cities is 35.3°C; Ar Rifā‘ is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Madīnat Ḩamad in JulyBahrain · 5 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 31.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Manama in JulyBahrain · 11 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 31.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in JulyBahrain · 15 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 31.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Khobar in JulySaudi Arabia · 38 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 29.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Dammam in JulySaudi Arabia · 56 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 29.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Qaţīf in JulySaudi Arabia · 73 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 30.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Lusail in JulyQatar · 124 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 29.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Ar Rayyān in JulyQatar · 128 kmHigh 42.2°C · Low 28.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ar Rifā‘) is explained once on the Ar Rifā‘ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
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.