Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qaţīf weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Al Qaţīf: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical October (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dammam (17 km away). In October its highs average 33.8°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 joint 11th of 35 for the warmest October highs and joint 3rd of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Al Qaţīf is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.8°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 18 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 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dammam in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 17 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.9°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Khobar in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 37 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Al Jubayl in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 63 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Manama in OctoberBahrain · 69 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 26.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Al Muharraq in OctoberBahrain · 69 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Madīnat Ḩamad in OctoberBahrain · 70 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 26.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Ar Rifā‘ in OctoberBahrain · 73 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 26.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Al Hufūf in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.2 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.