Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zulfī 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.
August is a very hot month in Az Zulfī: daytime highs average 42.1°C and nights cool to about 26.5°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 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buraydah (84 km away). In August its highs average 42.6°C, about as warm as Az Zulfī, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Az Zulfī ranks joint 7th 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; Az Zulfī is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 39.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
Az Zulfī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| February | 21.8°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 9.5 | 1.6 | 11.311 h |
| March | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 12.813 h |
| May | 37.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 40.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 41.7°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| August, selected | 42.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 39.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| November | 25.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 28 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| December | 20.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 15 | 2.7 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Buraydah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Unaizah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 41.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Ar Rass in AugustSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 42.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in AugustSaudi Arabia · 204 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Riyadh in AugustSaudi Arabia · 262 kmHigh 42.5°C · Low 27.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in AugustSaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 43.8°C · Low 27.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Ha'il in AugustSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Kharj in AugustSaudi Arabia · 348 kmHigh 43.7°C · Low 27.1°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 Az Zulfī) is explained once on the Az Zulfī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.