Climate averages 1991–2020
Abha weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Abha: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khamis Mushait (26 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, 4.1°C warmer than Abha, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Abha ranks 35th of 35 for the warmest August highs and 35th of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Abha is 12.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 218 mm to 190 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
Abha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 21 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| February | 19.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 15 | 3.9 | 11.512 h |
| March | 21.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 29 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 55 | 12.0 | 12.513 h |
| May | 25.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 97 | 19.7 | 13.013 h |
| June | 27.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 78 | 15.8 | 13.213 h |
| July | 26.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 76 | 14.6 | 13.113 h |
| August, selected | 25.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 218 | 25.5 | 12.713 h |
| September | 24.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 190 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 22.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 36 | 9.8 | 11.712 h |
| November | 20.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 20 | 6.5 | 11.311 h |
| December | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 11 | 3.6 | 11.111 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
- Khamis Mushait in AugustSaudi Arabia · 26 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Bariq in AugustSaudi Arabia · 100 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Şabyā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 29.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Jizan in AugustSaudi Arabia · 148 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 29.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Najrān in AugustSaudi Arabia · 190 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Bīshah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 199 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Al Bahah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 228 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 148 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 Abha) is explained once on the Abha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.