Climate averages 1991–2020
Ash Shafā weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Ash Shafā: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (24 km away). In September its highs average 32.7°C, 5.1°C warmer than Ash Shafā, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ash Shafā ranks 33rd of 35 for the warmest September highs and 29th of 35 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 35 cities is 36.0°C; Ash Shafā is 8.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 28.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 16 | 5.2 | 12.913 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Ta’if in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 24 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Makkah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Al Līth in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 103 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 28.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Jeddah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Bahah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 168 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Rābigh in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 233 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 239 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Bīshah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 266 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 0 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.