Climate averages 1991–2020
Madinah weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Madinah: daytime highs average 42.4°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yanbu (163 km away). In August its highs average 36.2°C, 6.2°C cooler than Madinah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Madinah ranks 6th of 35 for the warmest August highs and 24th of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Madinah is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 40.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.7 mm to 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
Madinah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.5°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 8.3 | 1.0 | 10.811 h |
| February | 26.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| March | 29.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 34.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.7 | 1.5 | 12.713 h |
| May | 38.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.9 | 0.7 | 13.313 h |
| June | 41.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| August, selected | 42.4°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 13.013 h |
| September | 40.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| October | 36.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| November | 29.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 11.011 h |
| December | 25.3°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 6.9 | 0.9 | 10.711 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
- Yanbu in AugustSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 27.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Rābigh in AugustSaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Jeddah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 28.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Makkah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 339 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ta’if in AugustSaudi Arabia · 365 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 384 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Ha'il in AugustSaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ar Rass in AugustSaudi Arabia · 421 kmHigh 42.1°C · Low 25.5°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 Madinah) is explained once on the Madinah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.