Climate averages 1991–2020
Abha weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Abha: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khamis Mushait (26 km away). In September its highs average 29.2°C, 4.6°C warmer than Abha, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Abha ranks 35th of 35 for the warmest September highs and 35th of 35 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 35 cities is 36.0°C; Abha is 11.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 190 mm to 36 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
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 | 25.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 218 | 25.5 | 12.713 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Khamis Mushait in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 26 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Bariq in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 100 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Şabyā in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 29.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Jizan in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 148 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 30.0°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 162 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Najrān in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 190 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bīshah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 199 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Bahah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 228 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 130 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.