Climate averages 1991–2020
Az Zulfī weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Az Zulfī: daytime highs average 39.4°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buraydah (84 km away). In September its highs average 39.8°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 6th of 35 for the warmest September highs and joint 1st of 35 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 35 cities is 36.0°C; Az Zulfī is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.4°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.9 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Buraydah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Unaizah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 84 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ar Rass in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 140 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 204 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Riyadh in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 262 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Hafar Al-Batin in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Ha'il in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Kharj in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 348 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 23.6°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.