Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shafā weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ash Shafā: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (24 km away). In August its highs average 33.3°C, 4.7°C warmer than Ash Shafā, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ash Shafā ranks 33rd of 35 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Ash Shafā is 9.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 26 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
Ash Shafā climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 51 | 6.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 18.5°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| March | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 18 | 4.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 24 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| May | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 21 | 6.7 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 16 | 5.2 | 12.913 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 26 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 24.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 20.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 15 | 4.2 | 11.211 h |
| December | 17.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 26 | 4.8 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ta’if in AugustSaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Makkah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Al Līth in AugustSaudi Arabia · 103 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Jeddah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 28.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Bahah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 168 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Rābigh in AugustSaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Bīshah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 266 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.4 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 Ash Shafā) is explained once on the Ash Shafā year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.