Climate averages 1991–2020
Ad Dawādimī weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Ad Dawādimī: daytime highs average 40.1°C and nights cool to about 25.7°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 (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rass (176 km away). In August its highs average 42.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Ad Dawādimī, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ad Dawādimī ranks 14th of 35 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Ad Dawādimī is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 37.5°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
Ad Dawādimī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 14 | 2.5 | 10.811 h |
| February | 22.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 6.4 | 1.3 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 15 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 18 | 3.9 | 12.713 h |
| May | 36.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 39.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 39.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 40.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.013 h |
| September | 37.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 32.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| December | 20.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 9.4 | 1.8 | 10.611 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 Rass in AugustSaudi Arabia · 176 kmHigh 42.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Unaizah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 181 kmHigh 41.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in AugustSaudi Arabia · 204 kmHigh 42.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Buraydah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 206 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Riyadh in AugustSaudi Arabia · 236 kmHigh 42.5°C · Low 27.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Kharj in AugustSaudi Arabia · 301 kmHigh 43.7°C · Low 27.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Ha'il in AugustSaudi Arabia · 430 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in AugustSaudi Arabia · 464 kmHigh 43.8°C · Low 27.6°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 Ad Dawādimī) is explained once on the Ad Dawādimī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.