Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Bahah weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Al Bahah: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabt Alalayah (71 km away). In October its highs average 25.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Al Bahah, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Bahah ranks 34th of 35 for the warmest October highs and 35th of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Al Bahah is 7.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sabt Alalayah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 71 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Bīshah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Al Līth in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Bariq in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 26 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 168 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ta’if in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 178 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Abha in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 228 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Makkah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.4 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.