Climate averages 1991–2020
Jeddah weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Jeddah: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 27.5°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 July (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makkah (67 km away). In July its highs average 39.5°C, 4.1°C warmer than Jeddah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah ranks 29th of 35 for the warmest July highs and joint 19th of 35 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 35 cities is 37.9°C; Jeddah is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 35.4°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Makkah in JulySaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JulySaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Ta’if in JulySaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Rābigh in JulySaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Līth in JulySaudi Arabia · 187 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 28.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Al Bahah in JulySaudi Arabia · 289 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Port Sudan in JulySudan · 292 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 28.3°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Yanbu in JulySaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 27.1°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.