Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qaţīf weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Al Qaţīf: daytime highs average 39.7°C and nights cool to about 29.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dammam (17 km away). In August its highs average 39.6°C, about as warm as Al Qaţīf, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Al Qaţīf ranks 15th of 35 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Al Qaţīf is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 37.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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 Qaţīf climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 19 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 12 | 1.9 | 11.211 h |
| March | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 13 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.2 | 1.0 | 12.813 h |
| May | 35.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.413 h |
| June | 38.5°C28.5°C | 28.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 39.8°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 39.7°C29.5°C | 29.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.8°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 18 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 21.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 20 | 3.1 | 10.511 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
- Dammam in AugustSaudi Arabia · 17 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 29.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Khobar in AugustSaudi Arabia · 37 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 29.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Jubayl in AugustSaudi Arabia · 63 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 29.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Manama in AugustBahrain · 69 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 31.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in AugustBahrain · 69 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 31.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in AugustBahrain · 70 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 31.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in AugustBahrain · 73 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 31.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Hufūf in AugustSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 44.5°C · Low 27.9°C · 0.1 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 Qaţīf) is explained once on the Al Qaţīf year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Dammam lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.