Climate averages 1991–2020
Ar Rifā‘ weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ar Rifā‘: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 29.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Madīnat Ḩamad (5 km away). In September its highs average 34.1°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 September highs and joint 1st of 4 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 4 cities is 34.2°C; Ar Rifā‘ is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Madīnat Ḩamad in SeptemberBahrain · 5 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 29.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Manama in SeptemberBahrain · 11 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 29.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in SeptemberBahrain · 15 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 29.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Khobar in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 38 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 26.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Dammam in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 56 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 27.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Qaţīf in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 73 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 27.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Lusail in SeptemberQatar · 124 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 27.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Ar Rayyān in SeptemberQatar · 128 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 26.3°C · 0.1 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.