Climate averages 1991–2020
Madīnat Ḩamad weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Madīnat Ḩamad: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 31.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rifā‘ (5 km away). In August its highs average 35.0°C, about as warm as Madīnat Ḩamad, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 4 cities listed in Bahrain, Madīnat Ḩamad ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 4 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 4 cities is 35.5°C; Madīnat Ḩamad is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Madīnat Ḩamad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 14 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| February | 19.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 10 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| March | 21.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.6°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| June | 33.8°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| July | 35.2°C31.1°C | 31.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 35.4°C31.3°C | 31.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 34.1°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 30.9°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 9.6 | 1.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 14 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ar Rifā‘ in AugustBahrain · 5 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 31.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Manama in AugustBahrain · 15 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 31.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in AugustBahrain · 19 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 31.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Khobar in AugustSaudi Arabia · 35 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 29.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Dammam in AugustSaudi Arabia · 54 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 29.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Qaţīf in AugustSaudi Arabia · 70 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 29.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Hufūf in AugustSaudi Arabia · 124 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 27.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Lusail in AugustQatar · 127 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 29.6°C · 0 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 Madīnat Ḩamad) is explained once on the Madīnat Ḩamad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.