Climate averages 1991–2020

Ash Shafā weather
in June.

A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.7°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 19.0°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 6.4 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a hot month in Ash Shafā: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes June a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (24 km away). In June its highs average 34.5°C, 4.8°C warmer than Ash Shafā, with 2.6 mm of rain.

Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ash Shafā ranks 33rd of 35 for the warmest June highs and 30th of 35 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 35 cities is 37.4°C; Ash Shafā is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.4 mm to 4.2 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Ash Shafā, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.3°C8.0°C8.0°C516.011.011 h
February 18.5°C8.9°C8.9°C132.511.411 h
March 20.9°C10.8°C10.8°C184.212.012 h
April 23.8°C13.7°C13.7°C245.212.613 h
May 27.1°C16.6°C16.6°C216.713.113 h
June, selected 29.7°C19.0°C19.0°C6.42.613.413 h
July 28.7°C19.1°C19.1°C4.21.313.313 h
August 28.5°C19.1°C19.1°C165.212.913 h
September 27.6°C17.6°C17.6°C268.312.312 h
October 24.3°C14.1°C14.1°C113.111.712 h
November 20.2°C11.2°C11.2°C154.211.211 h
December 17.6°C9.1°C9.1°C264.810.911 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Ash Shafā

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