Climate averages 1991–2020
Bīshah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Bīshah: daytime highs average 38.4°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sabt Alalayah (82 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, 9.0°C cooler than Bīshah, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Bīshah ranks joint 19th of 35 for the warmest August highs and 22nd of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Bīshah is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.4 mm to 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
Bīshah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 4.1 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| February | 27.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.511 h |
| March | 30.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 13 | 3.3 | 12.613 h |
| May | 36.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 3.1 | 1.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 38.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| July | 38.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| August, selected | 38.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 36.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| November | 28.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 25.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Sabt Alalayah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 82 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Al Bahah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 119 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Bariq in AugustSaudi Arabia · 139 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in AugustSaudi Arabia · 190 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Abha in AugustSaudi Arabia · 199 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 218 mm rain
- Al Līth in AugustSaudi Arabia · 244 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 266 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Ta’if in AugustSaudi Arabia · 268 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 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 Bīshah) is explained once on the Bīshah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.