Climate averages 1991–2020
Makkah weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Makkah: daytime highs average 38.6°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ta’if (64 km away). In September its highs average 32.7°C, 5.9°C cooler than Makkah, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Makkah ranks 11th of 35 for the warmest September highs and 26th of 35 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 35 cities is 36.0°C; Makkah is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.9 mm to 6.4 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 38.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 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
September in nearby cities
- Ta’if in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 64 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Jeddah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 67 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Līth in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 150 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 28.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Rābigh in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 173 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 26.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Bahah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 232 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Sabt Alalayah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 303 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Bīshah in SeptemberSaudi Arabia · 330 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 20.5°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 Makkah) is explained once on the Makkah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.