Climate averages 1991–2020
Ha'il weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Ha'il: daytime highs average 39.4°C and nights cool to about 25.2°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 (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ar Rass (257 km away). In August its highs average 42.1°C, 2.6°C warmer than Ha'il, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Ha'il ranks 17th of 35 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Ha'il is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 37.1°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
Ha'il climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.7°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 8.5 | 1.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 19.3°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| March | 23.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 2.9 | 12.813 h |
| May | 34.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 4.3 | 1.1 | 13.513 h |
| June | 37.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.814 h |
| July | 38.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August, selected | 39.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 37.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 31.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 22.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 23 | 3.4 | 10.811 h |
| December | 18.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 9.1 | 1.8 | 10.410 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
- Ar Rass in AugustSaudi Arabia · 257 kmHigh 42.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Buraydah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 263 kmHigh 42.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Unaizah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 278 kmHigh 41.9°C · Low 25.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Sakakah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 308 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Az Zulfī in AugustSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 42.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Arar in AugustSaudi Arabia · 389 kmHigh 40.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Madinah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 42.4°C · Low 26.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Ad Dawādimī in AugustSaudi Arabia · 430 kmHigh 40.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 0.1 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 Ha'il) is explained once on the Ha'il year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.