Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Bahah weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Al Bahah: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabt Alalayah (71 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 1.7°C warmer than Al Bahah, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Bahah ranks 34th of 35 for the warmest August highs and 34th of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Al Bahah is 10.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 130 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
Al Bahah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.7°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 42 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| February | 19.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 22 | 3.6 | 11.511 h |
| March | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 35 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 42 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 51 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 31 | 9.2 | 13.313 h |
| July | 28.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 37 | 9.7 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 27.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 148 | 20.0 | 12.813 h |
| September | 27.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 130 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 38 | 10.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 21.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 17 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| December | 19.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 21 | 3.9 | 10.911 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
- Sabt Alalayah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Bīshah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Al Līth in AugustSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Bariq in AugustSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 168 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Ta’if in AugustSaudi Arabia · 178 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Abha in AugustSaudi Arabia · 228 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 218 mm rain
- Makkah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 1.8 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 Al Bahah) is explained once on the Al Bahah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.