Climate averages 1991–2020

Al Bahah weather
in July.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.6°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 19.5°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 37 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Al Bahah · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Al Bahah: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabt Alalayah (71 km away). In July its highs average 29.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Al Bahah, with 21 mm of rain.

Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Bahah ranks 34th of 35 for the warmest July highs and 33rd of 35 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 35 cities is 37.9°C; Al Bahah is 9.3°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 148 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Al Bahah, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.7°C9.4°C9.4°C426.211.111 h
February 19.7°C10.5°C10.5°C223.611.511 h
March 21.6°C12.4°C12.4°C356.612.012 h
April 24.1°C15.0°C15.0°C429.712.613 h
May 27.1°C17.5°C17.5°C5114.913.113 h
June 29.5°C19.5°C19.5°C319.213.313 h
July, selected 28.6°C19.5°C19.5°C379.713.213 h
August 27.7°C18.9°C18.9°C14820.012.813 h
September 27.0°C17.7°C17.7°C13019.412.312 h
October 24.1°C14.3°C14.3°C3810.311.712 h
November 21.1°C12.0°C12.0°C174.811.211 h
December 19.0°C10.1°C10.1°C213.910.911 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Al Bahah

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 limits

How 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.