Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zulfī weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Az Zulfī: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buraydah (84 km away). In October its highs average 34.3°C, about as warm as Az Zulfī, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Az Zulfī ranks joint 11th of 35 for the warmest October highs and joint 15th of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Az Zulfī is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.6°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Buraydah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Unaizah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Ar Rass in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 204 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Riyadh in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 262 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Ha'il in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Al Kharj in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 348 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.6 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.