Climate averages 1991–2020
Makkah weather
in October.
A very 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 very hot month in Makkah: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, 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 Ta’if (64 km away). In October its highs average 29.1°C, 6.7°C cooler than Makkah, with 8.8 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Makkah ranks 4th of 35 for the warmest October highs and 26th of 35 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 35 cities is 32.0°C; Makkah is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.4 mm to 20 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
Makkah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 42 | 3.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 28.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 11.411 h |
| March | 31.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 9.3 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 35.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 38.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 6.3 | 2.2 | 13.113 h |
| June | 40.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 39.5°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| August | 39.1°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| September | 38.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 35.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 6.4 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 31.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 20 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 28.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 24 | 2.9 | 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
- Ta’if in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Jeddah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Al Līth in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 150 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Rābigh in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Al Bahah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 38 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 303 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Bīshah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 330 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 1.2 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 Makkah) is explained once on the Makkah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.