Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Rifā‘ weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ar Rifā‘: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 26.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical October (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madīnat Ḩamad (5 km away). In October its highs average 30.9°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 October highs and joint 1st of 4 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 4 cities is 30.9°C; Ar Rifā‘ is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Madīnat Ḩamad in OctoberBahrain · 5 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Manama in OctoberBahrain · 11 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in OctoberBahrain · 15 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Khobar in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 38 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Dammam in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 56 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Qaţīf in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 73 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Lusail in OctoberQatar · 124 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Ar Rayyān in OctoberQatar · 128 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.5 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.