Climate averages 1991–2020
Jizan weather
in August.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Jizan: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 29.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Şabyā (30 km away). In August its highs average 35.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Jizan, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Jizan ranks 29th of 35 for the warmest August highs and 29th of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Jizan is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 5.1 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
Jizan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 14 | 3.5 | 11.211 h |
| February | 28.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 11.612 h |
| March | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 10 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 32.5°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 9.9 | 1.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 34.6°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 2.8 | 0.4 | 12.913 h |
| June | 35.3°C29.6°C | 29.6°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 13.113 h |
| July | 35.6°C29.9°C | 29.9°C | 13 | 1.2 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 34.8°C29.8°C | 29.8°C | 20 | 2.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 35.0°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 5.1 | 1.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.5°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 23 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 30.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 19 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| December | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.111 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
- Şabyā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 30 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 29.3°C · 42 mm rain
- Abha in AugustSaudi Arabia · 148 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 218 mm rain
- Khamis Mushait in AugustSaudi Arabia · 158 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Najrān in AugustSaudi Arabia · 180 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 2.4 mm rain
- ‘Amrān in AugustYemen · 202 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Bariq in AugustSaudi Arabia · 236 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Al Ḩudaydah in AugustYemen · 237 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 29.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Sanaa in AugustYemen · 246 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 112 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 Jizan) is explained once on the Jizan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.