Climate averages 1991–2020
Jeddah weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Jeddah: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makkah (67 km away). In October its highs average 35.8°C, 2.5°C warmer than Jeddah, with 6.4 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Jeddah ranks 21st of 35 for the warmest October highs and joint 21st of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Jeddah is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.2 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Makkah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 126 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ta’if in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 130 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Rābigh in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 146 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Al Līth in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 187 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Al Bahah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 289 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Port Sudan in OctoberSudan · 292 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Yanbu in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 311 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 2.4 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.