Climate averages 1991–2020

Al Hufūf weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.

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

Average high 44.8°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 28.7°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a very hot month in Al Hufūf: daytime highs average 44.8°C and nights cool to about 28.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Khobar (119 km away). In July its highs average 40.9°C, 3.9°C cooler than Al Hufūf, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Hufūf ranks 1st of 35 for the warmest July highs and joint 21st of 35 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 35 cities is 37.9°C; Al Hufūf is 6.9°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 44.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Al Hufūf climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Al Hufūf, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	20.2°C8.9°C	8.9°C	13	2.7	10.711 h
February	23.3°C10.6°C	10.6°C	13	2.1	11.311 h
March	28.1°C14.2°C	14.2°C	13	2.4	12.012 h
April	34.5°C19.6°C	19.6°C	6.9	1.5	12.713 h
May	40.6°C24.7°C	24.7°C	1.0	0.2	13.413 h
June	43.7°C27.3°C	27.3°C	0	0.0	13.714 h
July, selected	44.8°C28.7°C	28.7°C	0.2	0.1	13.614 h
August	44.5°C27.9°C	27.9°C	0.1	0.0	13.013 h
September	41.3°C24.4°C	24.4°C	0.1	0.1	12.312 h
October	36.0°C20.3°C	20.3°C	0.2	0.1	11.612 h
November	27.8°C15.4°C	15.4°C	7.3	1.3	10.911 h
December	22.0°C10.6°C	10.6°C	15	2.5	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Al Hufūf

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 Hufūf) is explained once on the Al Hufūf year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.