Climate averages 1991–2020

Arar weather
in August.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.

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

Average high 40.2°C Daytime mean, August

Average low 25.3°C Night-time mean, August

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

August is a very hot month in Arar: daytime highs average 40.2°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

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 16 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Sakakah (137 km away). In August its highs average 40.3°C, about as warm as Arar, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Arar ranks 13th 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; Arar is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs fall by 3.5°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

August 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

Arar climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Arar, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	14.1°C2.7°C	2.7°C	11	2.6	10.410 h
February	16.8°C4.2°C	4.2°C	9.5	2.4	11.111 h
March	22.0°C8.5°C	8.5°C	8.4	1.9	12.012 h
April	28.0°C13.8°C	13.8°C	6.5	1.5	12.913 h
May	33.7°C19.3°C	19.3°C	2.1	0.3	13.714 h
June	37.8°C23.0°C	23.0°C	0	0.0	14.114 h
July	39.9°C25.3°C	25.3°C	0	0.0	13.914 h
August, selected	40.2°C25.3°C	25.3°C	0	0.0	13.313 h
September	36.6°C21.9°C	21.9°C	0	0.0	12.412 h
October	30.4°C16.5°C	16.5°C	3.2	0.8	11.411 h
November	20.7°C8.9°C	8.9°C	12	2.2	10.611 h
December	15.4°C4.2°C	4.2°C	12	2.2	10.210 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

Distance from Arar

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