Climate averages 1991–2020
Madinah weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Madinah: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes October a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yanbu (163 km away). In October its highs average 33.5°C, 2.5°C cooler than Madinah, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Madinah ranks joint 1st of 35 for the warmest October highs and joint 11th of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Madinah is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.4°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 5.7 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Yanbu in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 163 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Rābigh in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 195 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Jeddah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 334 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Makkah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 339 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ta’if in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 365 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 384 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ha'il in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 398 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ar Rass in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 421 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 2.7 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.