Climate averages 1991–2020
Jeddah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Jeddah: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 28.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makkah (67 km away). In August its highs average 39.1°C, 3.7°C warmer than Jeddah, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah ranks 27th of 35 for the warmest August highs and 21st of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Jeddah is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 34.5°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
Jeddah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 24 | 3.0 | 11.011 h |
| February | 27.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 28.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 3.7 | 0.5 | 12.613 h |
| May | 33.7°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 13.213 h |
| June | 34.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.413 h |
| July | 35.4°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 35.4°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.913 h |
| September | 34.5°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 3.2 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| November | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 26 | 2.4 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 14 | 2.6 | 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
- Makkah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Ta’if in AugustSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Rābigh in AugustSaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Līth in AugustSaudi Arabia · 187 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Al Bahah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 289 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Port Sudan in AugustSudan · 292 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Yanbu in AugustSaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 27.9°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 Jeddah) is explained once on the Jeddah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.