Climate averages 1991–2020
Qurayyat weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Qurayyat: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Russeifa (144 km away). In August its highs average 34.4°C, 3.1°C cooler than Qurayyat, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 35 cities listed in Saudi Arabia, Qurayyat ranks joint 21st of 35 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 35 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 35 cities is 37.8°C; Qurayyat is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays 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
Qurayyat climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 8.0 | 2.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 17.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.8 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| March | 22.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 6.8 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 32.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 13.714 h |
| June | 35.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.114 h |
| July | 37.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 14.014 h |
| August, selected | 37.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| September | 34.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 5.7 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| December | 16.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 5.6 | 1.3 | 10.210 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
- Russeifa in AugustJordan · 144 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Zarqa in AugustJordan · 145 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khuraybat as Sūq in AugustJordan · 148 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Amman in AugustJordan · 149 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mādabā in AugustJordan · 153 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Marj Al Hamam in AugustJordan · 155 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Wādī as Sīr in AugustJordan · 160 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 0 mm rain
- As Salţ in AugustJordan · 172 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.7°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 Qurayyat) is explained once on the Qurayyat year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.