Climate averages 1991–2020
Ad Dawādimī weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ad Dawādimī: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rass (176 km away). In October its highs average 33.9°C, 1.8°C warmer than Ad Dawādimī, with 2.7 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ad Dawādimī ranks 22nd of 35 for the warmest October highs and joint 15th of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Ad Dawādimī is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.8°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ar Rass in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 176 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Unaizah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 181 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 204 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Buraydah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 206 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Riyadh in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 236 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Al Kharj in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 301 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Ha'il in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 430 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 464 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 1.2 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.